Benjamin Stein, MD
Gastroenterology · Lewiston, MENPI 1245402460
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,694 of the $3,694 with a category attached, or 72.9%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 35.2% of the total.
Across 111 payments — averaging $33.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$226
- Merck$190
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$141
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$118
- plus $720 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,00027%
- Food & beverage$2,69473%
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 | 56 | $1,299 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 1 | $1,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $226 |
| Merck | 10 | $190 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $141 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $101 |
| Gilead | 4 | $97 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $97 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $68 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $62 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Spira$1,000
How this compares
$3,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 68 gastroenterology providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 12 | $5,489 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 145 | $2,496 |
| Omeprazole | 45 | $1,012 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 20 | $983 |
| Gavilyte-NSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 54 | $768 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 21 | $612 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 41 | $587 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $300 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 15 | $208 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Lewiston
- Winoah HenryLewiston$13K
- Oswaldo BisbalLewiston$2K
- Emil MiskovskyLewiston$2K
- John MladuckyLewiston$2K
- John LewandowskiLewiston$250
- Catherine McCrannLewiston$146
- Douglas HowellPortland$1.2M
- Martin MoehlenPortland$340K
- Tahira SaifuddinBangor$84K
- Brian BerberianBangor$70K
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.