Justin Budnik, MD
Radiation Oncology · Watertown, NYNPI 1609263078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,538 of the $3,951 with a category attached, or 64.2%. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 56.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,882, more than ten times the $29 reported in 2020.
Across 67 payments — averaging $58.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Bayer$532
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$130
- Novocure Inc.$99
- Teleflex LLC$72
- AstraZeneca$66
- plus $835 from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$251%
- Speaking & faculty fees$47612%
- Travel & lodging$86422%
- Food & beverage$2,53864%
- Education$481%
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 | 10 | $2,218 |
| Bayer | 4 | $532 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $130 |
| Novocure Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $72 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $66 |
| Merck | 4 | $66 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $58 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Amgen | 2 | $43 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Reflexion Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Accuray Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Gilead | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
How this compares
$3,951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 397 radiation oncology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiraterone Acetate | 27 | $164,573 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 107 | $9,427 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 76 | $888 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 83 | $730 |
| Memantine Hcl | 16 | $584 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 13 | $524 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 24 | $503 |
| Tranexamic Acid | 13 | $382 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 42 | $347 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 15 | $313 |
| Dexamethasone | 38 | $309 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $247 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $235 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 32 | $223 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 23 | $197 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Watertown
- Chung ChungSyracuse$3.1M
- Michael ZelefskyNew York$946K
- Jeffrey BogartSyracuse$772K
- Steven FinkelsteinSyracuse$578K
- Shawn ZimbergPlainview$411K
- Edward ObedianOyster Bay$391K
- Nancy LeeNew York$233K
- Dheerendra PrasadBuffalo$178K
- Robert SamsteinNew York$125K
- Jalal AhmedNew York$100K
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.