Benjamin Mayer
Family Medicine · Waynesville, NCNPI 1598075244
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 253 payments — averaging $13.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$435
- AbbVie$414
- Amgen$411
- Novo Nordisk$396
- Merck$275
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$179
- plus $1K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,449100%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 32 | $435 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $414 |
| Amgen | 29 | $411 |
| Novo Nordisk | 31 | $396 |
| Merck | 24 | $275 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $179 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $109 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $106 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $95 |
| GSK | 6 | $81 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $79 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $67 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Bayer | 2 | $44 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Gilead | 2 | $39 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Abbott | 2 | $36 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Novartis | 2 | $35 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,458 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 27 | $577 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $371 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $227 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $153 |
| Ropinirole Hcl | 11 | $56 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $40 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $35 |
| Azithromycin | 11 | $26 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 12 | $25 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Waynesville
- Barton WilliamsWilmington$17.3M
- Alexander MurrayGreensboro$13M
- Arin PiramzadianJacksonville$13M
- Jonathan WilsonHickory$12.7M
- George RaadCharlotte$7.7M
- Cecil FarringtonSalisbury$6.4M
- Christian MartinShelby$5.4M
- John EarlHickory$4.7M
- Patrick MorganteHavelock$4.6M
- Stephen JonesShelby$4.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.