Benjamin Johnston, MD
Otolaryngology · Nashville, TNNPI 1821281361
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 22 payments — averaging $73.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$590
- Aerin Medical Inc.$408
- Acclarent, Inc$261
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$168
- AstraZeneca$119
- Neurent Medical Limited$42
- plus $25 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,612100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 7 | $590 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 5 | $408 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 5 | $261 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $168 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $119 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 2 | $42 |
| Olympus America 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.
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$333
- Acclarent Aera$168
- Inspira Air$168
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$168
- TruDi Probe$168
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$162
- VIVAER STYLUS$126
- RHINAER STYLUS$126
- FASENRA$119
- TruDi Nav Cable$116
- Vivaer RF Stylus$115
How this compares
$1,612 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 191 otolaryngology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 33 | $4,066 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 125 | $3,361 |
| DymistaAzelastine/Fluticasone | 11 | $2,266 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 50 | $1,637 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 62 | $1,358 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 51 | $717 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | $431 |
| Methylprednisolone | 44 | $337 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $318 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 12 | $245 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 22 | $203 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $156 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $150 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 18 | $127 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Nashville
- Rakesh ChandraNashville$537K
- David KentNashville$195K
- Taha JanNashville$184K
- Naweed ChowdhuryNashville$151K
- Michael TopfNashville$36K
- Kareem TawfikNashville$30K
- Steven EnrichNashville$11K
- Mark WilliamsNashville$8K
- Matthew SpeyerNashville$6K
- Kyle MannionNashville$4K
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.