Thomas Benton
Pediatrics · Gainesville, FLNPI 1891766580
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (57.2%), food and beverage and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 42.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,771 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $260 in 2023. Among pediatrics clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 44 payments — averaging $79.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$1K
- Sekisui Diagnostics LLC$525
- Tris Pharma Inc$86
- GSK$83
- Sobi, Inc$35
- plus $70 from 5 others
Across 79 payments — averaging $3205.37 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$155K
- AstraZeneca$37K
- Pfizer$28K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$21K
- Genentech, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,99257%
- Food & beverage$96328%
- Gifts$52515%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $1,477 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $1,205 |
| Sekisui Diagnostics LLC | 2 | $525 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 6 | $86 |
| GSK | 5 | $83 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $12 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$1,022
How this compares
$3,480 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,964 pediatrics providers in Florida.
Other pediatrics in Gainesville
- Anastasia Albanese-O'neillGainesville$42K
- Molly PosaGainesville$8K
- Sonja RasmussenGainesville$7K
- Meredith MowitzGainesville$6K
- Jorge Lujan-ZilbermanTampa$378K
- Bonnie SmeryageHollywood$153K
- Patricia DeanMiami$92K
- Ryan CantvilleJacksonville$87K
- Christina CanodyTampa$87K
- Sofia MirandaMiami$67K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.