Benjamin Rafii, MD
Otolaryngology · Beverly Hills, CANPI 1770711277
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,142 of the $5,426 with a category attached, or 76.3%. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 137 payments — averaging $39.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$956
- Smith+Nephew$734
- GSK$730
- Sanofi$664
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$624
- Aerin Medical Inc.$293
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$70013%
- Travel & lodging$4709%
- Food & beverage$4,14276%
- Education$1132%
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 | 15 | $956 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $734 |
| GSK | 25 | $730 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $664 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $624 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 7 | $293 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 14 | $271 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $155 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 4 | $132 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $113 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $63 |
| Merck | 2 | $45 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $42 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $37 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Precigen, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $22 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $13 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Regeneten$700
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$358
- XPRESS LOPROFILE$217
- CoolSeal Generator$155
- XEOMIN$150
- VIVAER STYLUS$118
- RHINAER STYLUS$118
- SCOPIS ENT$110
- LATERA$110
- CLARIFIX$108
How this compares
$5,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 14 | $8,549 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 75 | $1,837 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 53 | $1,232 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 79 | $737 |
| Omeprazole | 38 | $487 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 12 | $297 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $297 |
| Famotidine | 24 | $175 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 15 | $93 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $79 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $70 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 11 | $68 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Beverly Hills
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$924K
- Randall OwRoseville$613K
- Amir MoradiVista$389K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
- Kalpna DurairajSun Valley$348K
- Todd MillerNewport Beach$259K
- Jeffrey SuhLos Angeles$223K
- Dennis TangLos Angeles$209K
- Jeffrey FeinfieldThousand Oaks$160K
- Jonathan SykesGranite Bay$148K
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.