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BENJAMIN P PETERS
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BENJAMIN P PETERS

Listed Specialty: Optometrist
2160 PENFIELD RD, PENFIELD, NY, 14526-1712
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DR. BENJAMIN PETERS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$2,069

payment total

7

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $1,500
Food and Beverage
 18 $569

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
BIOFINITY CONTACT LENS

device

 $1,500
BIOTRUE ONE DAY

device

 $127
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $113
ALDURAZYME

drug

 $109
CERDELGA

drug

 $109
CEREZYME

drug

 $109
FABRAZYME

drug

 $109
LUMIZYME

drug

 $109
BIOTRUE

device

 $102
ULTRA

device

 $102
BTOD

device

 $77
XIIDRA

drug

 $53
ACUVUE

device

 $46
TEARSCIENCE LIPIFLOW SYSTEM

device

 $20
CLARITI CONTACT LENS

device

 $13
MYDAY CONTACT LENS

device

 $10
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Feb 6, 2018 $1,500 BIOFINITY CONTACT LENS Promotional Speaking/Other COOPERVISION INC.
May 9, 2018 $109 CEREZYME FABRAZYME ALDURAZYME LUMIZYME CERDELGA Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jul 16, 2018 $102 BIOTRUE ULTRA BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Jun 18, 2018 $98 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALLERGAN INC.
Oct 12, 2018 $25 BIOTRUE ONE DAY Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $24 BTOD Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Dec 11, 2018 $23 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Apr 10, 2018 $21 BTOD Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Aug 14, 2018 $20 TEARSCIENCE LIPIFLOW SYSTEM Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $18 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $18 BTOD Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Oct 12, 2018 $18 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Mar 20, 2018 $16 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Jul 26, 2018 $15 No Listed Product Food and Beverage REICHERT, INC.
Mar 7, 2018 $14 BTOD Food and Beverage BAUSCH & LOMB, A DIVISION OF BAUSCH HEALTH US, LLC
Apr 20, 2018 $13 CLARITI CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $13 XIIDRA Food and Beverage SHIRE NORTH AMERICAN GROUP INC
Dec 14, 2018 $11 ACUVUE Food and Beverage JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC.
Oct 9, 2018 $10 MYDAY CONTACT LENS Food and Beverage COOPERVISION INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.