Leon Benson, MD
Hand Surgery · Glenview, ILNPI 1669428306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Trimed, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among hand surgery clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 32 payments — averaging $1935.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Trimed, Inc.$62K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$21
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,00048%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,62933%
- Travel & lodging$8,49014%
- Food & beverage$2,6684%
- Entertainment$1400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trimed, Inc. | 31 | $61,905 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
How this compares
$61,926 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 121 hand surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 167 | $984 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $718 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $347 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Glenview
- Craig PhillipsGlenview$4K
- Jeffrey VisotskyMorton Grove$1.1M
- Robert GraySkokie$422K
- Robert CoatsTinley Park$408K
- Randipsingh BindraMaywood$297K
- Jonathan TuetingAurora$190K
- Mark CohenChicago$78K
- Jeffrey StepanChicago$71K
- Debdut BiswasWarrenville$56K
- Eric PerezChicago$42K
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.