Benjamin Tharian, MD
Gastroenterology · Pensacola, FLNPI 1932599164
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 132 payments — averaging $201.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$10K
- Creo Medical Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Covidien LP$3K
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$2K
- Medtronic$570
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,12357%
- Travel & lodging$6,60725%
- Food & beverage$4,91018%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $9,586 |
| Creo Medical Inc. | 6 | $5,138 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $3,856 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $3,410 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 11 | $1,558 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $570 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 6 | $336 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $295 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 2 | $214 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $198 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $172 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 4 | $156 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 18 | $122 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $122 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $94 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Amgen | 3 | $65 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $45 |
| Abbott | 1 | $38 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $25 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- XIFAXAN$14,000
- RELISTOR$4,500
- UCERIS$4,500
- APRISO$4,500
- Creo Medical$3,296
- ACQUIRE$2,250
- SPEEDBOAT$1,716
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$1,121
- ORBERA Intragastric Balloon System$837
- X-Tack Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System$568
- ORISE$468
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$449
- EXALT Model D$250
- ULTRASOUND GASTROSCOPE$175
- Creon$125
- EXALT$123
- INTERSTIM$115
- ESOPHYX$114
- VOQUEZNA$113
- Single Use Biliary Stent V$110
How this compares
$26,640 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 68 | $4,218 |
| Omeprazole | 99 | $1,654 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 85 | $1,507 |
| Sucralfate | 22 | $1,040 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 50 | $790 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 28 | $668 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 17 | $613 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 11 | $172 |
| Levofloxacin | 23 | $137 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Pensacola
- Frederic NewmanPensacola$1.9M
- Howard SchwartzTavernier$38.8M
- Guy NeffSarasota$17.6M
- Syed LateefClermont$6.4M
- Jeffrey SchneiderCoral Springs$6M
- Zaid RanaMiami$5.4M
- David NelsonGainesville$5.2M
- Alan WeintraubTampa$4.7M
- Curtis FreedlandNew Port Richey$4.5M
- Paul HellsternCrystal River$4.5M
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.