Benjamin Mixon
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1558558254
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,620 of the $1,970 with a category attached, or 82.2%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $737, 6.9 times the $107 reported in 2019.
Across 67 payments — averaging $29.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$318
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$300
- Novo Nordisk$286
- Sanofi$169
- CSL Behring$137
- Pfizer$104
- plus $655 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$30015%
- Food & beverage$1,62082%
- Education$513%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $318 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $286 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $169 |
| CSL Behring | 7 | $137 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $104 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $90 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $79 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Day One Biopharmaceuticals | 3 | $70 |
| Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $44 |
| HEMA Biologics, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| USWM, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $30 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Bayer | 1 | $22 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$1,970 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 113 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in Tennessee.
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Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Chattanooga
- Katye HerringChattanooga$1K
- William GaylordChattanooga$989
- Manoo BhaktaChattanooga$257
- Scott HowardMemphis$1.5M
- Jennifer DommNashville$359K
- Haydar FrangoulNashville$356K
- Ellis NeufeldMemphis$263K
- Deepa ManwaniMemphis$143K
- Akshay SharmaMemphis$92K
- Alberto PappoMemphis$88K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.