Benjamin Gelber, MD
Neurological Surgery · Lincoln, NENPI 1922086644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $375 and has fallen 87.6% since, to $47 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $25.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$155
- Boston Scientific$133
- Wenzel Spine, Inc.$128
- Xtant Medical Inc$127
- Abbott$123
- Aesculap, Inc.$121
- plus $352 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,09996%
- Education$404%
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) | 7 | $155 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $133 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 3 | $128 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 2 | $127 |
| Abbott | 6 | $123 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $121 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $45 |
| Stryker | 2 | $33 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $27 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$1,139 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 49 neurological surgery providers in Nebraska.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Lincoln
- Andrew LivingstonLincoln$44K
- Steven GogelaLincoln$24K
- John HawkinsLincoln$12K
- Jeremy HoseinLincoln$2K
- Marco ParesLincoln$1K
- Eric PiersonLincoln$460
- Benjamin BixenmannLincoln$102
- Daniel TomesLincoln$91
- Omar JimenezScottsbluff$33K
- Miki KatzirOmaha$20K
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.