Christopher Benhatzel
Pain Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1174150809
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (47.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 61.5% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 123 payments — averaging $127.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$313
- Curonix LLC$259
- Stryker$173
- plus $516 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,50048%
- Travel & lodging$2,58817%
- Food & beverage$5,55836%
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 | 30 | $9,619 |
| Boston Scientific | 57 | $2,968 |
| Abbott | 12 | $1,798 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $313 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $259 |
| Stryker | 2 | $173 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $84 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $69 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$15,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
Other pain medicine in Tucson
- Eric CornidezTucson$496K
- Jared GilmanTucson$40K
- Efrain CubilloTucson$37K
- Kayven FarshadTucson$27K
- Jared WilsonTucson$26K
- Marco DuranTucson$15K
- Steven PrustTucson$15K
- Christopher BaileyTucson$13K
- Khushvant BholaTucson$13K
- Kenneth GosslerTucson$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.