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Benigno Bobon, MD

Internal Medicine · Duluth, GANPI 1487645032

Payments from drug & device makers

$21,607in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 956 payments — averaging $22.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$3K
  • Novo Nordisk$3K
  • GSK$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$899
  • plus $9K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$21,13598%
  • Education$2071%
  • Other$2651%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Amgen(2 entities)112$3,026
Novo Nordisk88$2,792
GSK136$2,437
AbbVie(2 entities)108$1,888
AstraZeneca48$1,330
Lilly USA, LLC62$899
Astellas Pharma US Inc30$823
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC28$694
Eisai Inc.24$559
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.16$549
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.15$548
IBSA Pharma Inc.43$471
Amarin Pharma, Inc.12$411
Johnson & Johnson15$399
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.33$302
Dexcom, Inc.5$298
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.17$296
Pfizer16$296
Lundbeck LLC12$277
Baxter Healthcare1$265
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.13$248
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$244
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC10$240
Novartis7$176
Metuchen Pharmaceuticals1$167
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$162
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.6$143
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$142
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$138
Merck10$129
Bayer5$103
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$102
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$89
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.5$83
Exact Sciences5$79
Boehringer Ingelheim4$66
Corcept Therapeutics3$65
Abbott3$61
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.4$55
Optinose US, Inc.2$48
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$43
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC3$41
Medtronic(2 entities)2$39
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$33
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$33
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$25
Echosens North America, Inc.1$24
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.2$24
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.1$23
Vital Connect, Inc1$22
Grifols USA, LLC1$19
Circassia Inc.1$19
Boston Scientific1$19
Philips North America LLC1$18
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.1$17
Edwards Lifesciences1$17
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$15
Linus Health, Inc.1$15
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)1$14

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$21,607 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$320,263
Medicare patients
499
Services billed
5,873

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin120$154,665
MounjaroTirzepatide85$97,070
EliquisApixaban89$93,793
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab73$85,073
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter86$83,764
XareltoRivaroxaban64$73,334
OzempicSemaglutide41$60,151
Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog25$43,607
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol43$35,130
RybelsusSemaglutide32$35,082
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate29$28,236
VraylarCariprazine Hcl17$26,570
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol14$19,042
MyrbetriqMirabegron15$11,895
Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide13$11,436

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Jentadueto$66$160,861132 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix, Breo Ellipta$2,437$102,760148 claims
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$296$102,091106 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$899$97,07085 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$2,792$95,23373 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$399$73,33464 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$1,330$54,17157 claims
AbbVieVraylar, Synthroid$1,888$31,01693 claims
MerckJanuvia$129$28,23629 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$823$11,89515 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33$694$11,43613 claims
Eisai Inc.Dayvigo$559$7,24512 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 3,311 internal medicine providers in Georgia.

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