James Bekeny, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Nashville, TNNPI 1871811612
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 41.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,813, more than ten times the $271 reported in 2019.
Across 91 payments — averaging $105.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Stryker$197
- Baxter Healthcare$189
- Smith+Nephew$150
- plus $628 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,46336%
- Food & beverage$3,63438%
- Education$2,50026%
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 | 9 | $4,025 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 21 | $2,712 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 28 | $1,697 |
| Stryker | 4 | $197 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $189 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $150 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 4 | $105 |
| Freudenberg Medical, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Axogen | 2 | $97 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $84 |
| Merck | 2 | $66 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $41 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Medical Microinstruments, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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 SP$2,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,470
- TRUMATCH$722
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$337
- CUSTOMIZED MANDIBLE RECON$145
- TISSEEL$125
- NA$124
- SYNTHECEL$120
How this compares
Too few plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Tennesseeto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $135 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 25 | $130 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $60 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 11 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Nashville
- Eben RosenthalNashville$23K
- Elizabeth PerkinsNashville$9K
- Marc FeeleyNashville$3K
- Jason HallKnoxville$68K
- James ShireChattanooga$33K
- Howard HammerDickson$7K
- Richard DepersioPowell$3K
- Samuel SmithMemphis$2K
- Charles SewallOak Ridge$2K
- Jacqueline BoothOak Ridge$792
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.