Benjamin Heggestad, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · Duluth, MNNPI 1598146763
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $432 of the $550 with a category attached, or 78.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Straumann USA LLC at 29.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $158 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $28 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for oral & maxillofacial surgery clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $585.
Across 11 payments — averaging $50.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Straumann USA LLC$162
- Johnson & Johnson$124
- Southern Implants North America Inc$99
- Nobel Biocare USA$50
- Zimvie Inc.$33
- Kls-martin L.p.$31
- plus $50 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$43279%
- Education$11821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann USA LLC | 2 | $162 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $124 |
| Southern Implants North America Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 2 | $50 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $31 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 170 oral & maxillofacial surgery providers in Minnesota.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 111 | $582 |
| Amoxicillin | 166 | $417 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 19 | $82 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $79 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $55 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 27 | $37 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other oral & maxillofacial surgery in Duluth
- Joby JaberiDuluth$5K
- Mark AshDuluth$2K
- David RallisRochester$779K
- Reda TalebMinneapolis$11K
- Andrew PearsonEdina$9K
- Austin SewardFridley$9K
- Brett KurtzmanEdina$9K
- James SwiftMinneapolis$9K
- Ketan PatelMinneapolis$9K
- Daniel SampsonSt Anthony$9K
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.