Benjamin Szpila, MD
Vascular Surgery · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1871810655
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 256 payments — averaging $51.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Convatec Inc.$1K
- Endologix LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$672
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$655
- plus $4K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8757%
- Grants$3032%
- Travel & lodging$1,44111%
- Food & beverage$10,14378%
- Education$3242%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 54 | $3,682 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 18 | $1,571 |
| Convatec Inc. | 13 | $1,271 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $1,021 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $672 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 9 | $655 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $453 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $402 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 3 | $369 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 19 | $351 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $303 |
| Smith+Nephew | 14 | $265 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 15 | $262 |
| Stryker | 4 | $221 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 4 | $217 |
| Abbott | 2 | $145 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $143 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Kerecis Limited | 5 | $89 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $76 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $65 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $62 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $54 |
| Next Science LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Axogen | 2 | $46 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $35 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 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.
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$1,021
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$875
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$875
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$802
- InnovaMatrix AC$693
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$689
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$556
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$374
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$369
- Penumbra System$366
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$335
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$303
- GENERAL ATHERECTOMY$253
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$180
- Crosser iQ$141
- Altius$137
- Vascular Graft$133
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$133
- Indigo$126
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$126
How this compares
$13,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 385 vascular surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 54 | $656 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $87 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in St Petersburg
- Avianne BunnellSt Petersburg$52K
- Samuel TapperStuart$1.3M
- Erin MooreJacksonville$488K
- Mariano ArosemenaBradenton$472K
- Woongchae LeeBoca Raton$414K
- Manuel Perez IzquierdoOrlando$396K
- Murray ShamesTampa$354K
- Joseph RicottaDelray Beach$344K
- Martin BackTampa$303K
- Rajesh MalikNaples$296K
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.