David Benson, MD
Urology · New Orleans, LANPI 1093703035
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 42 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $260 and has fallen 84.0% since, to $42 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,723.
Across 42 payments — averaging $23.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$363
- Coloplast$308
- EDAP Technomed Inc$136
- Innovation Technologies Inc$75
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$25
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$24
- plus $72 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,001100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $363 |
| Coloplast | 23 | $308 |
| EDAP Technomed Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 3 | $75 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Moses 550 D\F\L$242
How this compares
$1,001 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 199 urology providers in Louisiana.
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.
Other urology in New Orleans
- Richard VanlangendonckNew Orleans$289K
- Wayne HellstromNew Orleans$183K
- Colin GoudelockeNew Orleans$124K
- Raju ThomasNew Orleans$67K
- Louis KraneNew Orleans$62K
- Jorge CasoNew Orleans$54K
- Lawrence JenkinsNew Orleans$33K
- Alexis ChesrowNew Orleans$17K
- Joanna TogamiNew Orleans$10K
- Neil BaumNew Orleans$9K
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.