Stephen Bendheim, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Midlothian, VANPI 1194793356
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.8% of the total across 113 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $566 and has fallen 68.0% since, to $181 in 2025.
Across 113 payments — averaging $20.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$454
- AbbVie$440
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$227
- Lilly USA, LLC$165
- Pfizer$122
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$102
- plus $803 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,19395%
- Education$1205%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $454 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $440 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 15 | $227 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $165 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $122 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $102 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 5 | $94 |
| Bayer | 4 | $82 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $71 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $61 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $52 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Organon | 2 | $38 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biogen | 1 | $15 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$2,312 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 992 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 40 | $2,813 |
| Norethindrone Acetate | 12 | $415 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 17 | $400 |
| Ibandronate Sodium | 14 | $184 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $159 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 18 | $56 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Midlothian
- Thomas KimbleNorfolk$286K
- Jack AyoubLeesburg$279K
- Kurian ThottStafford$216K
- Nina SmithHarrisonburg$199K
- Joseph TroiseSalem$144K
- Bunan AlnaifChesapeake$139K
- James JonesRichmond$134K
- Melissa DelgadoVienna$95K
- Joann PinkertonCharlottesville$35K
- Kristin SchraaMechanicsville$35K
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.