Ramsin Benyamin
Interventional Pain Medicine · Bloomington, ILNPI 1215924410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,329 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $202 in 2024. Among interventional pain medicine 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 263 payments — averaging $121.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$9K
- Avanos Medical$6K
- Abbott$1K
- Flowonix Medical Incorporated$456
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$399
- plus $2K from 26 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1622.55 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.
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$3K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$544
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,63640%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,25023%
- Travel & lodging$4,37714%
- Food & beverage$7,16522%
- Entertainment$4561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 46 | $11,946 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 19 | $8,975 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $6,448 |
| Abbott | 48 | $1,268 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $456 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 31 | $399 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $315 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $295 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 14 | $276 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $147 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 9 | $133 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $123 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $121 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Novartis | 6 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $77 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $72 |
| Amgen | 3 | $64 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $49 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Epimed International, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INTELLIS$10,752
- Superion ISS$8,793
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$6,385
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$579
- Prometra II$456
- AJOVY$125
- VECTRIS$117
- TARGETSTIM$111
- PAINTEQ$104
- SUPERION$103
How this compares
$31,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 93 interventional pain medicine providers in Illinois.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $392 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Bloomington
- Amaresh VydyanathanBloomington$6K
- Benjamin TaimoorazyBloomington$4K
- Alexander FeoktistovNorthfield$922K
- Timothy LubenowChicago$556K
- Sandeep AminChicago$430K
- Matthew JaycoxChicago$123K
- Hong VoChicago$91K
- Asokumar BuvanendranChicago$52K
- Adam YoungChicago$29K
- Salman SagarwalaChicago$26K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.