Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BENJAMIN CHRISTIAN CASTRO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1881117018
CMS profile
11463925
Location
SPRINGFIELD, MO

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$3,776.43

  • Reported across 72 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,473.01

42 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,473.01 41
Education $1,000.00 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,218.73 9
Ethicon US, LLC $692.24 25
Medtronic, Inc. $293.92 2
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY $137.42 2
Olympus America Inc. $47.53 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $41.47 1
Novo Nordisk AS $23.41 1
Kerecis Limited $18.29 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $1,303.42 30
PY2024 $2,473.01 42

Payment records · PY2024 (42)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Becton, Dickinson and Company $100.00 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127619586 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $37.42 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127619588 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $41.47 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092575903 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.51 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636706 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $3.91 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636696 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.59 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636778 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.46 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636726 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.00 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636718 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.43 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636760 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.37 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636736 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.82 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636754 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $102.00 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636762 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.98 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636688 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.60 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636708 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.98 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636686 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.88 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636672 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.74 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636714 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.83 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636752 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $141.95 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636774 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.86 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636680 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.22 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636710 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $3.63 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636670 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.84 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636766 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $4.99 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636694 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $5.72 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636700 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $120.27 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636698 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $108.03 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636720 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $121.63 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636734 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $28.98 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137184645 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,000.00 03/07/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137271872 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $11.47 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137132726 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $29.20 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137203976 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $22.86 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137106380 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $76.61 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137077822 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $37.24 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137215915 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1.58 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137127537 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $10.79 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137129044 CMS
Kerecis Limited $18.29 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120107475 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $124.54 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119529499 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $169.38 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119529501 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $23.41 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097330551 CMS
Olympus America Inc. $47.53 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108489175 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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