Benjamin Remington
Neurological Surgery · Plano, TXNPI 1679541528
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 80 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $913 and has fallen 65.4% since, to $316 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,746.
Across 80 payments — averaging $36.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Boston Scientific$405
- Livanova USA, Inc.$211
- Medtronic$169
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$160
- Abbott$87
- plus $766 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,89499%
- Education$441%
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 | 21 | $1,140 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $405 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 6 | $211 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $169 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $160 |
| Abbott | 3 | $87 |
| Captiva Spine Inc | 2 | $76 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $73 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $72 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $62 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $54 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $32 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$151
- AVIATOR$136
- SERRATO$105
- ARTISAN$103
- T2 ALTITUDE$100
How this compares
$2,938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
Other neurological surgery in Plano
- Rebecca StachniakPlano$561K
- Richard WeinerPlano$225K
- Luis MignucciPlano$195K
- Koijan KainthThe Woodlands$1.3M
- Luis DuarteSan Angelo$1.2M
- Douglas FoxAustin$948K
- Richard MeyratDallas$883K
- Adam LewisCorpus Christi$792K
- Arnold VardimanSan Antonio$687K
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.