Benjamin Musher, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Houston, TXNPI 1922160852
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $55,891 of the $81,359 with a category attached, or 68.7%. Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc accounts for 71.7% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $49,746 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $257 in 2025. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 117 payments — averaging $695.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$58K
- Exelixis Inc.$12K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$7K
- Sirtex Medical Inc$3K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$131
- AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$119
- plus $610 from 14 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $3869.71 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.
- Merck$51K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$17K
- Halozyme Inc$10K
- QED Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,86521%
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,89169%
- Travel & lodging$5,6217%
- Food & beverage$2,9834%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 48 | $58,310 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 26 | $12,046 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $7,400 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 2 | $2,744 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $131 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Amgen | 4 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $61 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $50 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 2 | $49 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $40 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $25 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ONIVYDE$38,702
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$19,775
- Cabometyx$11,549
- Abraxane$6,725
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$2,744
How this compares
$81,359 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 11 | $22,558 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $576 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 14 | $428 |
| Olanzapine | 13 | $124 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon | $50 | $22,55811 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $50 | $12413 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 838 hematology & oncology providers in Texas.
Other hematology & oncology in Houston
- Devesh PandyaHouston$1.8M
- Elias JabbourHouston$1.3M
- Naval DaverHouston$853K
- Jorge Cortes-FrancoHouston$627K
- Courtney DinardoHouston$478K
- Prithviraj BoseHouston$463K
- Milind JavleHouston$326K
- Loretta NastoupilHouston$309K
- Boyu HuHouston$281K
- Luis CamachoHouston$276K
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.