Benjamin Hunter, MD
Otolaryngology · Bend, ORNPI 1972952703
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.6%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Med-el Corporation at 48.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,311, 2.6 times the $883 reported in 2019.
Across 34 payments — averaging $126.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$2K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$764
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$680
- Stryker$210
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$124
- Johnson & Johnson$122
- plus $333 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,39256%
- Food & beverage$1,23329%
- Education$68016%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Med-el Corporation | 5 | $2,073 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 9 | $764 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $680 |
| Stryker | 3 | $210 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $122 |
| Cochlear Americas | 2 | $113 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $96 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $56 |
| Amgen | 1 | $32 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$1,980
- ADHEAR Professional Kit$1,479
- BCI 602 Kit$1,479
- PK Diego$674
- Celon System$674
- Olympus ENT Instruments$674
- TruDi Nav Suction$280
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$124
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$124
- PRIMATRIX$124
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$124
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$124
- TRUMATCH$122
- CUSTOMIZED MANDIBLE RECON$120
How this compares
$4,305 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 128 otolaryngology providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ofloxacin | 41 | $1,627 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 16 | $328 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 29 | $270 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Bend
- Justin HillBend$5K
- Ryan GallivanBend$2K
- Kenneth BagwellBend$2K
- John RentonBend$2K
- Matthew HinsleyBend$1K
- Andrew JohnsonBend$977
- Mathew GeltzeilerPortland$221K
- Ryan LiPortland$160K
- Jeremiah AltPortland$89K
- Mark WaxPortland$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.