Benjamin Jorgensen, MD
Vascular Surgery · Duluth, MNNPI 1598008724
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,069 of the $2,776 with a category attached, or 74.6%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,164 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $64 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $3,317.
Across 53 payments — averaging $52.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$549
- Inari Medical, Inc.$198
- Terumo Medical Corporation$112
- Boston Scientific$108
- Philips North America LLC$97
- plus $362 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2509%
- Travel & lodging$2409%
- Food & beverage$2,06975%
- Education$2168%
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) | 17 | $1,350 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $549 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $112 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $108 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $82 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $76 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $26 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- TurboHawk$433
- Endurant$351
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$269
- ANGIO-SEAL$112
- Navicross$112
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$112
- ENDURANT IIS$101
How this compares
$2,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 84 vascular surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nitroglycerin PatchNitroglycerin | 15 | $603 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 55 | $441 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 14 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Duluth
- Benjamin SelleDuluth$20K
- Eric GoldschmidtDuluth$9K
- William SheafferDuluth$8K
- Ryan HaginoDuluth$4K
- Jessica TitusDuluth$3K
- Lynsey RangelDuluth$2K
- Jarrod BureshDuluth$2K
- Todd RasmussenRochester$561K
- Matthew MelinRochester$196K
- Jesse ManungaMinneapolis$95K
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.