Benjamin Boudreaux, MD
Neurological Surgery · Gastonia, NCNPI 1871723411
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,071 of the $9,432 with a category attached, or 64.4%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,794 and has fallen 74.3% since, to $975 in 2025.
Across 163 payments — averaging $57.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Stryker$846
- Tepha Inc$205
- AstraZeneca$115
- plus $990 from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$240%
- Travel & lodging$3,23734%
- Food & beverage$6,07164%
- Education$1001%
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
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 47 | $3,192 |
| Boston Scientific | 51 | $2,554 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 11 | $1,530 |
| Stryker | 8 | $846 |
| Tepha Inc | 4 | $205 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $115 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $110 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $110 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $76 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $34 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Amgen | 2 | $32 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $14 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,218
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$934
- ELSA$819
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$684
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$505
- CREO$310
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$174
- Excelsius - GPS$154
- GalaFLEX$119
- UNID_PASS$110
- FLOSEAL$110
- Gliadel$100
How this compares
$9,432 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 79 | $730 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 58 | $524 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 70 | $382 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $374 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $352 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $254 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $213 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $191 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Gastonia
- William HunterGastonia$1.3M
- Robert IsaacsDurham$6.6M
- Christopher ShaffreyDurham$4.5M
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$2.3M
- John ThomasWilmington$1.8M
- Alexander PowersKernersville$1.7M
- Charles BranchAdvance$1.6M
- Paul KimCharlotte$1.5M
- Kevin CahillSupply$1.1M
- Matthew McGirtCharlotte$693K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.