Benjamin Macdougall, MD
Anesthesiology · Nashville, TNNPI 1225418023
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 69.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,643 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $14 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TN 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 27 payments — averaging $100.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$368
- Boston Scientific$333
- Nevro Corp.$127
- Curonix LLC$14
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,22445%
- Food & beverage$1,45353%
- Education$442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 11 | $1,878 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $368 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $333 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $127 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 772 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 104 | $23,041 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $11,631 |
| Memantine Hcl | 92 | $2,578 |
| Gabapentin | 142 | $2,052 |
| Pregabalin | 71 | $1,539 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 77 | $1,015 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 43 | $959 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 14 | $672 |
| Methadone Hcl | 11 | $611 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 25 | $549 |
| Methocarbamol | 52 | $530 |
| Baclofen | 24 | $519 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $463 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 32 | $448 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 23 | $409 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Nashville
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- Matthew WeingerNashville$54K
- Michael StabileNashville$37K
- Adam KingeterNashville$13K
- Bryan MarascalchiNashville$8K
- Huong leNashville$7K
- Warren SandbergNashville$5K
- William ChangNashville$3K
- Bantayehu SileshiNashville$3K
- Truitt EllisNashville$3K
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.