Benjamin Walter, MD
Neurology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1184689093
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 465 payments — averaging $648.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$95K
- Abbott$58K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$52K
- Medtronic$33K
- Boston Scientific$21K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$11K
- plus $32K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,61317%
- Speaking & faculty fees$132,25363%
- Travel & lodging$28,39214%
- Food & beverage$13,5486%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 28 | $94,725 |
| Abbott | 131 | $58,285 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 42 | $52,437 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 136 | $33,317 |
| Boston Scientific | 44 | $20,573 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 15 | $10,831 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 9 | $10,619 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 13 | $7,576 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 12 | $7,232 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 19 | $4,909 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $456 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 8 | $359 |
| Insightec,inc | 2 | $198 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $67 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- INFINITY$40,378
- AUSTEDO$33,903
- Austedo XR$17,931
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$16,415
- GENERAL DBS$11,636
- ACTIVA$9,662
- VERCISE$8,451
- PROCLAIM$8,346
- INBRIJA$7,169
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$5,425
- NORTHERA$5,250
- APOKYN$2,000
- RYTARY$1,988
- Duopa$1,700
- IonicRF Generator$1,280
- INTELLIS$1,080
- Percept$810
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$640
- CREXONT$599
- INGREZZA$450
How this compares
$301,710 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 74 | $673,505 |
| NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate | 76 | $397,428 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 108 | $171,264 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 24 | $61,315 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 210 | $47,076 |
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 16 | $41,487 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 740 | $26,032 |
| Tetrabenazine | 23 | $15,444 |
| Rivastigmine | 53 | $9,234 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa-EntacaponeCarbidopa/Levodopa/Entacapone | 37 | $9,172 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 104 | $5,458 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 154 | $5,338 |
| Entacapone | 15 | $4,733 |
| Primidone | 116 | $1,914 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $1,840 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $52,437 | $673,50574 claims |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid | $359 | $397,42876 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $4,909 | $171,264108 claims |
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $10,831 | $41,48716 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Other neurology in Cleveland
- Robert BermelCleveland$6.4M
- Jeffrey CohenCleveland$3.1M
- Yuebing LiCleveland$1.4M
- Devon ConwayCleveland$1.3M
- Robert FoxCleveland$1.3M
- Glen StevensCleveland$1.1M
- Hubert FernandezCleveland$1.1M
- Hesham AbboudCleveland$1.1M
- Michal GostkowskiCleveland$850K
- Daniel OntanedaCleveland$838K
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.