Benjamin Cho, MD
Medical Oncology · Eugene, ORNPI 1245360759
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $361 of the $488 with a category attached, or 74.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Daiichi Sankyo Inc. at 27.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for medical oncology clinicians in OR, where the typical reported total is $810.
Across 9 payments — averaging $54.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$136
- Biocompatibles, Inc.$94
- GSK$93
- Gilead$85
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$42
- Foundation Medicine, Inc.$26
- plus $12 from 1 others
Across 147 payments — averaging $2280.33 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Genentech, Inc.$206K
- Eli Lilly$63K
- Pfizer$41K
- Tesaro, Inc.$13K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$11K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- plus $1K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$36174%
- Education$12626%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| GSK | 1 | $93 |
| Gilead | 2 | $85 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $42 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Enhertu$136
How this compares
$488 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 92 medical oncology providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IbrancePalbociclib | 27 | $414,466 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 13 | $222,704 |
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $33,364 |
| Exemestane | 93 | $8,824 |
| Anastrozole | 323 | $5,938 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 84 | $3,176 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 107 | $1,958 |
| Fentanyl | 14 | $1,043 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 75 | $902 |
| Raloxifene Hcl | 31 | $881 |
| Dexamethasone | 42 | $861 |
| Hydroxyurea | 27 | $720 |
| Letrozole | 17 | $512 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $418 |
| Acyclovir | 14 | $361 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical oncology in Eugene
- Jeff SharmanEugene$264K
- Keith GoldsteinEugene$2K
- David HufnagelEugene$329
- David PagePortland$238K
- Rachel SanbornPortland$233K
- Matthew TaylorPortland$231K
- Tomasz BeerPortland$102K
- Alison ConlinPortland$85K
- Shivaani KummarPortland$66K
- Stacy LewisPortland$57K
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.