Total Payments
$2,155
2024 Payments
$201.02
Companies
8
Transactions
24
Medicare Patients
7,567
Medicare Billing
$376,811
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$1,327 (61.6%)
Travel$828.42 (38.4%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $1,327 | 20 | 61.6% |
| Travel and Lodging | $828.42 | 4 | 38.4% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,179 | 12 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $389.44 | 4 | $0 (2019) |
| Philips Electronics North America Corporation | $226.77 | 2 | $0 (2018) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $166.57 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $115.48 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | $44.07 | 2 | $0 (2018) |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $18.74 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| PFIZER INC. | $15.71 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $201.02 | 3 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($166.57) |
| 2023 | $953.53 | 8 | Abbott Laboratories ($953.53) |
| 2021 | $115.48 | 1 | BIOTRONIK INC. ($115.48) |
| 2020 | $27.96 | 1 | Abbott Laboratories ($27.96) |
| 2019 | $287.61 | 4 | Abbott Laboratories ($197.09) |
| 2018 | $125.09 | 2 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation ($100.97) |
| 2017 | $444.67 | 5 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($298.92) |
All Payment Transactions
24 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/25/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | VERQUVO (Drug), VERQUVO | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.74 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/18/2024 | PFIZER INC. | VYNDAQEL (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.71 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/06/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $166.57 | General |
| 10/16/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.70 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/16/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.04 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 09/15/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $350.91 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 09/15/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $9.07 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 09/14/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $386.95 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 09/14/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $81.49 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.03 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 09/08/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.34 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 12/17/2021 | BIOTRONIK INC. | Solia (Device), Rivacor, Edora | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $115.48 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 03/28/2020 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.96 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 07/01/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $49.47 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 06/26/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $97.62 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 06/26/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $50.00 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 03/16/2019 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | CoreValve Evolut (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $90.52 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 06/23/2018 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | EPIQ 7C (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $100.97 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 01/05/2018 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | WATCHMAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.12 | General |
| Category: STRUCTURAL HEART | ||||||
| 09/08/2017 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | WATCHMAN (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.95 | General |
| Category: STRUCTURAL HEART | ||||||
| 06/26/2017 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | CoreValve Evolut (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.50 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 06/20/2017 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | CoreValve Evolut (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $158.18 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 06/04/2017 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | EPIQ 7C (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $125.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 02/06/2017 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | CoreValve Evolut (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $117.24 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22 | 2,000 | 2,474 | $421,979 | $115,288 |
| 2022 | 22 | 2,506 | 2,946 | $550,489 | $132,986 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,567 | 1,961 | $287,919 | $65,154 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,494 | 1,822 | $207,832 | $63,383 |
Total Patients
7,567
Total Services
9,203
Medicare Billing
$376,811
Procedure Codes
69
All Medicare Procedures & Services
69 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 380 | 408 | $98,304 | $23,092 | 23.5% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 110 | 221 | $57,018 | $22,158 | 38.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 130 | 133 | $49,875 | $19,019 | 38.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 90 | 169 | $33,800 | $17,529 | 51.9% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $14,030 | $6,356 | 45.3% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | Facility | 2023 | 692 | 885 | $26,550 | $5,941 | 22.4% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2023 | 56 | 59 | $69,355 | $5,189 | 7.5% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 17 | $10,880 | $3,048 | 28.0% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 35 | 45 | $6,075 | $3,001 | 49.4% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Facility | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $9,706 | $2,929 | 30.2% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 112 | 147 | $11,025 | $1,785 | 16.2% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $3,729 | $1,207 | 32.4% |
| 93320 | Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | Facility | 2023 | 55 | 58 | $3,770 | $857.24 | 22.7% |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 26 | $2,136 | $835.38 | 39.1% |
| 93016 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | Facility | 2023 | 34 | 34 | $2,210 | $581.46 | 26.3% |
| 93018 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | Facility | 2023 | 34 | 34 | $10,370 | $384.45 | 3.7% |
| 93319 | 3d ultrasound imaging of heart for evaluation of heart structure performed during ultrasound imaging of congenital heart defects | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $2,114 | $282.80 | 13.4% |
| 76376 | 3d radiographic procedure | Facility | 2023 | 32 | 35 | $875.00 | $278.95 | 31.9% |
| 93308 | Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $4,929 | $269.88 | 5.5% |
| 93248 | Heart rhythm review and interpretation of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $2,639 | $259.32 | 9.8% |
| 93246 | Heart rhythm recording of continous external ekg over 8-15 days | Office | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $1,840 | $171.84 | 9.3% |
| 93325 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 41 | 44 | $750.24 | $112.20 | 15.0% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2022 | 596 | 634 | $150,165 | $35,726 | 23.8% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 134 | 141 | $52,883 | $23,527 | 44.5% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 116 | 241 | $64,642 | $20,624 | 31.9% |
About Dr. Ricardo Benenstein, MD
Dr. Ricardo Benenstein, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Stamford, Connecticut. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/29/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1740470459.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Ricardo Benenstein, MD has received a total of $2,155 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $201.02 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 24 transactions from 8 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($1,327).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Benenstein has provided services to 7,567 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 9,203 services with total Medicare billing of $376,811. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 69 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease
- Location Stamford, CT
- Active Since 07/29/2007
- Last Updated 12/09/2021
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1740470459
Products in Payments
- MITRACLIP (Device) $953.53
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $389.44
- EPIQ 7C (Device) $226.77
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $225.05
- Solia (Device) $115.48
- WATCHMAN (Device) $44.07
- VERQUVO (Drug) $18.74
- VYNDAQEL (Drug) $15.71
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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