BENJAMIN RICHARD KAFKA

SAN DIEGO, CA

This page merges CMS profile IDs: 11306846, 11322644 (associated profiles published by CMS for the same provider; see the provenance section below).

General Payments — all program years on this page

$1,391.17

  • Category: General Payments
  • Program years: PY2021–2024
  • Record count: 40
  • As of (CMS publication): 2026-01-23

Latest program year (PY2024): $285.29 across 10 records · disputed records: 0

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

How this figure is 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

Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $285.2910

By paying entity

Latest program year (PY2024) · sorted by reported total.

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $128.434
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $80.562
DJO, LLC $30.441
STEELHEAD SURGICAL INC $15.911
Aesculap, Inc. $15.131
Bioventus LLC $14.821

By program year

Program yearAmountRecords
2021 $62.543
2022 $604.8912
2023 $438.4515
2024 $285.2910

Records — PY2024 (10)

Record IDPaying entityAmountDate Nature of paymentDispute statusPublishedSource
1077884604 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $39.23 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1077884606 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $41.33 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1116886774 Medtronic, Inc. $26.00 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1116886776 Medtronic, Inc. $17.00 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1116886778 Medtronic, Inc. $66.18 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1119459341 Medtronic, Inc. $19.25 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1126614136 Steelhead Surgical Inc $15.91 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1137442792 Bioventus LLC $14.82 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1154288330 Aesculap, Inc. $15.13 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS
1154739786 DJO, LLC $30.44 03/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 View at CMS

Provenance & corrections

  • Dataset: CMS Open Payments — General Payments
  • Source: CMS Open Payments dataset (bulk file)
  • Publisher of source data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Generated from: OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv
  • Merged CMS profile IDs: 11306846, 11322644

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