Benjamin Vidalis, MD
Neurological Surgery · Santa Fe, NMNPI 1104245562
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Medtronic accounts for 75.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,435 and has fallen 80.9% since, to $274 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $96.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$158
- Abbott$151
- Biocomposites Inc$114
- Johnson & Johnson$90
- Globus Medical$37
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,13751%
- Food & beverage$1,07849%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,665 |
| Stryker | 1 | $158 |
| Abbott | 1 | $151 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $90 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $37 |
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.
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$1,042
- SONOPET IQ$158
- PROCLAIM$151
How this compares
$2,215 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 32 neurological surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $112 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $77 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Santa Fe
- Philip ShieldsSanta Fe$2K
- Philip SmuckerSanta Fe$190
- Marshall WatsonSanta Fe$170
- Chad ColeAlbuquerque$101K
- Christopher PayneFarmington$28K
- Robert StarlingAlbuquerque$13K
- Christian RicksAlbuquerque$12K
- Michael KoganAlbuquerque$10K
- Peter ShinAlbuquerque$8K
- Jose Santos PicoLas Cruces$6K
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.