Benjamin Kidder, MD
Neurology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1114259975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $29,122 of the $34,660 with a category attached, or 84.0%. It is spread thinly across 57 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among neurology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,968 payments — averaging $17.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$7K
- AbbVie$4K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$3K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- Amgen$2K
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$1K
- plus $16K from 51 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,54713%
- Food & beverage$29,12284%
- Education$1410%
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.
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.
- INGREZZA$5,013
How this compares
$34,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 225 neurology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 87 | $691,740 |
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 71 | $523,359 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 55 | $305,818 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 174 | $228,340 |
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 13 | $213,240 |
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 13 | $208,284 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 37 | $45,235 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 28 | $31,727 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 32 | $21,719 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 17 | $18,163 |
| Ajovy AutoinjectorFremanezumab-Vfrm | 26 | $17,924 |
| Memantine Hcl | 709 | $15,122 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 147 | $14,840 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 528 | $13,148 |
| Ropinirole ErRopinirole Hcl | 114 | $11,949 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $7,498 | $691,74087 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C | $788 | $523,35971 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $2,828 | $305,81855 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $1,180 | $229,791216 claims |
| CSL BehringPrivigen | $707 | $213,24013 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Botox | $4,232 | $63,39854 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $957 | $31,72728 claims |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, IncDysport | $412 | $10,23115 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 225 neurology providers in Louisiana.
Other neurology in Baton Rouge
- Kevin CallerameBaton Rouge$420K
- Gerald CaleganBaton Rouge$400K
- Joseph AcostaBaton Rouge$33K
- Jon OlsonBaton Rouge$19K
- William GladneyBaton Rouge$19K
- David GlossBaton Rouge$15K
- Meghan HarrisShreveport$553K
- Maria Carmen WilsonCovington$295K
- John EnglandNew Orleans$268K
- Ariel Antezana AntezanaAlexandria$253K
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.