Benjamin Cilento, MD
Otolaryngology · Spring, TXNPI 1376525527
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 409 payments — averaging $2354.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$947K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$10K
- Stryker$2K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$719
- Medtronic$493
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,2728%
- Food & beverage$15,21492%
- Education$560%
- Gifts$240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 3 | $946,539 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 241 | $9,810 |
| Stryker | 61 | $2,391 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 13 | $1,141 |
| Sanofi | 19 | $719 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $493 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 16 | $455 |
| GSK | 15 | $328 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $169 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $85 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $65 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $53 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $42 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Merck | 2 | $37 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 1 | $28 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Community Blood Center | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- Inspire$3,205
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$2,412
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$422
- VenSure$392
- PROPEL$278
- V-LOC 180$175
- VenSure Balloon Dilation System$148
- BOTOX$147
- SINUVA$145
- SPIROX - LATERA$123
- SCOPIS ENT$122
- VOQUEZNA$117
- Navigation CUBE$107
- LATERA$100
How this compares
$963,105 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 otolaryngology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Montelukast Sodium | 187 | $1,938 |
| Cefdinir | 32 | $692 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 91 | $459 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $276 |
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $222 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 16 | $208 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $199 |
| Azithromycin | 17 | $69 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 13 | $57 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $19 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $19 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 11 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Spring
- Laurence ChuAustin$37.4M
- Mark ZafereoHouston$7.8M
- Neil GrossHouston$1.5M
- Chad McDuffieFrisco$1.5M
- Ian AlexanderBoerne$999K
- Stephen LaiHouston$968K
- Amber LuongHouston$793K
- Jeffrey RosenbloomSan Antonio$720K
- Masayoshi TakashimaHouston$644K
- Marc DeanFort Worth$594K
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.