Benjamin Djulbegovic, MD
Hematology · Charleston, SCNPI 1649201740
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,200 of the $4,229 with a category attached, or 99.3%. UCB, Inc. accounts for 70.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 3 payments — averaging $1409.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$3K
- UCB SA$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$29
Across 1 payment — averaging $220,976 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.
- GSK$221K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,20099%
- Food & beverage$291%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| UCB SA | 1 | $1,200 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
How this compares
Too few hematology providers in South Carolinato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $7,529 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology in Charleston
- Hamza HashmiCharleston$244K
- Praneeth BaratamCharleston$157K
- Brian HessCharleston$28K
- Christopher RangelCharleston$1K
- Charles GreenbergCharleston$0
- Asim PatiSpartanburg$37K
- Sharif KhanGreenville$7K
- Jailan OsmanColumbia$440
- Samuel SmithGreenville$15
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.