Brian Dahlben, MD
Neurology · Durham, NCNPI 1407350788
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 39 payments — averaging $898.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$21K
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$438
- Biogen$122
- AbbVie$101
What the payments were for
- Grants$30,00086%
- Travel & lodging$3,81011%
- Food & beverage$1,2484%
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 | 14 | $21,067 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $13,331 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 5 | $438 |
| Biogen | 1 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $101 |
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.
- ACTIVA PC$20,000
- VERCISE$12,973
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$850
- XEOMIN$297
- VYALEV$101
How this compares
$35,058 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 566 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 22 | $30,907 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 68 | $3,844 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 95 | $2,025 |
| Primidone | 24 | $455 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 22 | $373 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 11 | $286 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 15 | $189 |
| Clonazepam | 13 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Durham
- Katherine PetersDurham$11M
- Vern JuelDurham$2M
- Burton ScottDurham$1.7M
- James BurkeDurham$1.5M
- Bradley RobottomDurham$1.4M
- Aatif HusainDurham$886K
- Jeffrey GuptillDurham$816K
- Kevin KahnDurham$587K
- Mark SkeenDurham$562K
- Annick DesjardinsDurham$342K
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.