Benny Chong, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Concord, NCNPI 1285952002
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $31,700 of the $32,254 with a category attached, or 98.3%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 94.3% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 39 payments — averaging $827.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$30K
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$1K
- Biom'up SA$196
- Intuitive Surgical$123
- Medtronic$61
- Peerless Surgical Inc.$56
- plus $119 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,70098%
- Food & beverage$5542%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $30,400 |
| Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc. | 1 | $1,300 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $196 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $123 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $61 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Advanced Accelerator Applications | 1 | $19 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $16 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- HEMOBLAST$196
How this compares
$32,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 colon & rectal surgery providers in North Carolina.
See all colon & rectal surgery providers in North Carolina →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 15 | $731 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 54 | $316 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 49 | $267 |
| Methocarbamol | 27 | $256 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 14 | $229 |
| Metronidazole | 66 | $124 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Concord
- Coen KlosHendersonville$14K
- Julie ThackerDurham$14K
- William LymanCharlotte$11K
- Joseph PayneWilmington$9K
- Stanley FullerWinston Salem$8K
- Bradley DavisCharlotte$7K
- Guillaume ChevrollierCharlotte$7K
- Robert StevensCharlotte$6K
- Richard HuettemannClemmons$5K
- Melissa ZoumberosAsheville$4K
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.