Benjamin Herdrich, MD
Vascular Surgery · Wausau, WINPI 1306993332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $68,725 of the $89,521 with a category attached, or 76.8%. Medtronic accounts for 86.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $21,459 and has fallen 52.5% since, to $10,199 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 250 payments — averaging $358.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$78K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$7K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$624
- Organogenesis Inc.$142
- Penumbra, Inc.$127
- plus $339 from 6 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $1353.93 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Boston Scientific$59K
- Bayer$17K
- Endologix LLC$10K
- Medtronic$10K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$68,72577%
- Travel & lodging$12,12614%
- Food & beverage$8,67010%
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) | 181 | $77,728 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $7,383 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 21 | $3,177 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $624 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $142 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Stryker | 1 | $101 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $66 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 2 | $50 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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
$89,521 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 81 vascular surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 142 | $1,047 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | $119 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Wausau
- Stacey LejeuneWausau$105K
- Kevin SchoepelWausau$17K
- Dennis CostaWausau$6K
- Daniel BrownWausau$4K
- Ralph FairchildWausau$3K
- Dai YamanouchiMadison$78K
- Tahlia WeisMarshfield$22K
- Tiziano TallaritaEau Claire$15K
- John RobertsonTomah$15K
- Momodou JammehMilwaukee$14K
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.