Benjamin Kitchens, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Dallas, TXNPI 1841637477
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $119,296 of the $177,033 with a category attached, or 67.4%. 57 manufacturers reported payments, led by Astellas Pharma US Inc at 37.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $84,261, more than ten times the $881 reported in 2019. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in TX 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 452 payments — averaging $391.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$66K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$28K
- Incyte Corporation$25K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$18K
- AstraZeneca$18K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$14K
- plus $7K from 51 others
Across 73 payments — averaging $2828.03 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.$125K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$53K
- AbbVie$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,02213%
- Speaking & faculty fees$119,29667%
- Travel & lodging$22,25313%
- Food & beverage$12,0997%
- Education$3630%
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
$177,033 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 838 hematology & oncology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 58 | $1,835 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 54 | $1,403 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 43 | $1,152 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $787 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 26 | $396 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $330 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 25 | $324 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 24 | $307 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $175 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 16 | $169 |
| Mirtazapine | 14 | $159 |
| Potassium Chloride | 33 | $144 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $118 |
| Olanzapine | 12 | $87 |
| Furosemide | 19 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Dallas
- Edward PearsonDallas$900K
- Christopher MaiselDallas$713K
- Ashwani AgarwalDallas$275K
- Katherine WangDallas$188K
- Houston HolmesDallas$178K
- Farrukh AwanDallas$138K
- Dai Chu LuuDallas$90K
- Luis PineiroDallas$86K
- Joan SchillerDallas$85K
- Devesh PandyaHouston$1.8M
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.