Benjamin Cowley, MD
Nephrology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1427027457
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,279 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $277 in 2024. Among nephrology clinicians in OK with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 40 payments — averaging $894.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$26K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$9K
- AstraZeneca$150
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$14
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$13
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$3
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,85833%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,57257%
- Travel & lodging$2,5687%
- Food & beverage$7202%
- Education$640%
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.
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.
How this compares
$35,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 106 nephrology providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AfinitorEverolimus | 13 | $237,911 |
| XphozahTenapanor Hcl | 21 | $63,464 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $15,296 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 16 | $3,288 |
| Carisoprodol | 14 | $2,800 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 56 | $1,730 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 15 | $1,210 |
| Carvedilol | 44 | $562 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $510 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 16 | $453 |
| Lorazepam IntensolLorazepam | 12 | $438 |
| Levetiracetam | 13 | $343 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 15 | $216 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 13 | $187 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 12 | $177 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Oklahoma City
- Celeste BoeckmanOklahoma City$90K
- Joseph GhataOklahoma City$45K
- Brad CarterOklahoma City$13K
- Laura RankinOklahoma City$11K
- Gary BondOklahoma City$9K
- Sudhir KhannaOklahoma City$7K
- Jawaid JamalOklahoma City$7K
- Patrick ReevesOklahoma City$6K
- Bradley LongOklahoma City$6K
- Chris SholerOklahoma City$5K
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.