Marc Bennett, MD
Otology & Neurotology · Nashville, TNNPI 1154478956
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,433 of the $4,446 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Med-el Corporation at 58.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,824 and has fallen 74.0% since, to $474 in 2025.
Across 37 payments — averaging $120.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Med-el Corporation$3K
- Cochlear Americas$881
- Oticon Medical, LLC$527
- Advanced Bionics, LLC$206
- Stryker$162
- Smith+Nephew$38
- plus $18 from 1 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $1535.80 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cochlear Americas$6K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,01323%
- Food & beverage$3,43377%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Med-el Corporation | 19 | $2,615 |
| Cochlear Americas | 10 | $881 |
| Oticon Medical, LLC | 3 | $527 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 2 | $206 |
| Stryker | 1 | $162 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $38 |
| GSK | 1 | $18 |
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.
- MED-EL Maestro Cochlear Implant System$1,677
- Baha$676
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$526
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$526
- PONTO BONE ANCHORED HEARING SYSTEM$487
- Cochlear$301
- Mi1250 SYNCHRONY 2 FLEXsoft$231
- BCI 602 Kit$231
- HiResolution Bionic Ear System$206
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$162
How this compares
Too few otology & neurotology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 35 | $4,755 |
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $704 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 15 | $605 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 47 | $512 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 15 | $242 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 16 | $233 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $124 |
| Diazepam | 20 | $71 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otology & neurotology in Nashville
- David HaynesNashville$44K
- Georges WannaNashville$9K
- Aaron MoberlyNashville$7K
- Mitchell SchwaberNashville$769
- Matthew OmalleyNashville$712
- Jameson MattinglyKnoxville$4K
- Bruce FettermanGermantown$633
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.