Benjamin Botsford, MD
Ophthalmology · Worcester, MANPI 1619327236
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 13 payments — averaging $236.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$370
- Alcon$333
- Genentech USA, Inc.$122
- Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$117
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$111
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,02066%
- Food & beverage$1,05434%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $2,020 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $370 |
| Alcon | 4 | $333 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
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.
- Syfovre$2,020
- Constellation$154
- XEN GLAUCOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM$125
- OZURDEX$125
- VABYSMO$122
- Rhopressa$117
- Rocklatan$117
- EYLEA$111
How this compares
$3,073 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 653 ophthalmology providers in Massachusetts.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 53 | $1,649 |
| Brimonidine Tartrate | 25 | $1,221 |
| Cyclosporine | 15 | $1,024 |
| Latanoprost | 103 | $1,006 |
| Dorzolamide Hcl | 59 | $968 |
| Dorzolamide-TimololDorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat | 47 | $809 |
| Timolol Maleate | 47 | $347 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 14 | $192 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Worcester
- Gail TorkildsenAndover$5.1M
- David LallySpringfield$4.5M
- Jennifer SunBoston$4.2M
- Lloyd AielloBoston$3.1M
- Rishi SinghBoston$2.5M
- Rachel HuckfeldtStoneham$1.7M
- Mark AbelsonAndover$1.3M
- Peter ChangWaltham$1M
- Stephen AnesiWaltham$922K
- Charles FosterWaltham$888K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.