David Benson, MD
Pain Medicine · Bentonville, ARNPI 1417367103
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (35.9%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,999 and has fallen 84.2% since, to $473 in 2025.
Across 127 payments — averaging $68.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$1K
- Abbott$688
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$589
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$373
- plus $325 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,70831%
- Travel & lodging$3,13036%
- Food & beverage$2,89133%
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(2 entities) | 10 | $2,926 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $2,775 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $1,054 |
| Abbott | 26 | $688 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 20 | $589 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 17 | $373 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $36 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$2,708
- IOVERA SYSTEM$960
- SPRINT PNS System$158
- PROCLAIM$137
- SUPERION$114
- Intracept$109
- INTELLIS$106
How this compares
$8,730 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 53 pain medicine providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 23 | $7,443 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 103 | $4,769 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 90 | $2,066 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 47 | $1,306 |
| Pregabalin | 37 | $1,168 |
| Gabapentin | 57 | $508 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 65 | $457 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 51 | $449 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $228 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $175 |
| Baclofen | 16 | $61 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Bentonville
- Adam GreenBentonville$7K
- Nicholas CampBentonville$4K
- Solomon PearceBentonville$2K
- Loren GuzmanBentonville$1K
- Stephen PaulusLittle Rock$75K
- Mark MiedemaFayetteville$35K
- George ArcosConway$30K
- George DeimelFayetteville$26K
- Julio OlayaLittle Rock$22K
- Maria Lyuksyutova-PriceMountain Home$19K
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.