Douglas Benson, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Lone Tree, CONPI 1033265624
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,003 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $72 in 2025.
Across 63 payments — averaging $151.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$347
- Davol Inc.$195
- Axonics, Inc.$180
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$107
- Medtronic$62
- plus $279 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,19554%
- Travel & lodging$6076%
- Food & beverage$3,33535%
- Gifts$4054%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 36 | $8,372 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $347 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $195 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $180 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $107 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $62 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $59 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $37 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $23 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Acell, 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$5,422
- DA VINCI SP$2,000
- Phasix Mesh$157
- Axonics$155
- Bulkamid$155
How this compares
$9,543 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 24 colon & rectal surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 15 | $2,468 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 30 | $193 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $183 |
| Metronidazole | 30 | $88 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Lone Tree
- Kenneth BlakeLone Tree$6K
- Monisha BanerjeeLone Tree$1K
- Eben StrobosLakewood$1.3M
- David LongcopeDenver$425K
- Daine BennettEnglewood$28K
- Christopher TaylorColorado Springs$16K
- Warren StruttDenver$16K
- Michael McNevinAurora$14K
- Jon VogelAurora$14K
- Brandon ChapmanAurora$12K
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.