Ronald Benitez, MD
Neurological Surgery · Morristown, NJNPI 1730146820
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,962 of the $4,511 with a category attached, or 65.7%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 35.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,949 and has fallen 56.8% since, to $842 in 2025.
Across 42 payments — averaging $107.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Microtransponder, Inc.$1K
- Balt USA, LLC$892
- Stryker$424
- Johnson & Johnson$81
- Microvention, Inc.$70
- plus $70 from 4 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $5200.21 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.
- Balt USA, LLC$109K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,54934%
- Food & beverage$2,96266%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $1,619 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 11 | $1,355 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 8 | $892 |
| Stryker | 6 | $424 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $81 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 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.
- ROSA$1,566
- Optima Coil System$679
- TRITANIUM$144
- XIA$144
- VLIFT$144
- ES2$144
- TREVO$138
- SURPASS EVOLVE$138
- NEUROFORM ATLAS$138
How this compares
$4,511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 174 neurological surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 23 | $124 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Morristown
- Scott MeyerMorristown$51K
- Kimberly AshayeriMorristown$14K
- Paul SaphierMorristown$8K
- Robert HearyNewark$1M
- Harshpal SinghHackensack$677K
- Ira GoldsteinMontclair$344K
- Karthik MadhavanCherry Hill$291K
- Simon SalernoWall Township$275K
- Shabbar DanishNeptune$267K
- Adam LipsonUnion$187K
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.