Benjamin Powers, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Overland Park, KSNPI 1265695183
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 50.2% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $1,410.
Across 7 payments — averaging $25.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$90
- AstraZeneca$63
- Merck$26
Across 121 payments — averaging $3877.53 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.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$238K
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.$119K
- GSK$101K
- Eli Lilly$6K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$3K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$1K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$180100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 3 | $90 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $63 |
| Merck | 1 | $26 |
How this compares
$180 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 97 hematology & oncology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IbrancePalbociclib | 27 | $419,210 |
| EliquisApixaban | 35 | $31,157 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 22 | $2,689 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 12 | $2,041 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 12 | $1,587 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $730 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $597 |
| Omeprazole | 16 | $499 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 48 | $410 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 32 | $332 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $260 |
| Dexamethasone | 14 | $249 |
| Lorazepam | 17 | $183 |
| Prednisone | 27 | $70 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $51 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Overland Park
- Marc HoffmannOverland Park$153K
- Dhruv BansalOverland Park$79K
- Sukumar EthirajanOverland Park$61K
- Joseph StilwillOverland Park$2K
- Gregory CraneOverland Park$2K
- Richard McKittrickOverland Park$1K
- Rachana YendalaOverland Park$1K
- Shaker DakhilWichita$579K
- Quoc TruongWichita$539K
- Bassam MattarWichita$221K
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.