Benjamin Williams, MD
Family Medicine · Lake Charles, LANPI 1013195395
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 168 payments — averaging $17.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$479
- Lilly USA, LLC$430
- Novo Nordisk$286
- Abbott$225
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$156
- Boehringer Ingelheim$127
- plus $1K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,919100%
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 | 27 | $479 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $430 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $286 |
| Abbott | 11 | $225 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 11 | $156 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $127 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| Amgen | 7 | $101 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $92 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $84 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $34 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$2,919 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 140 | $149,908 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 87 | $113,988 |
| EliquisApixaban | 84 | $91,267 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 62 | $59,758 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 53 | $46,479 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 43 | $42,852 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 29 | $32,886 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 41 | $27,331 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 30 | $27,024 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 34 | $26,827 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 17 | $15,353 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 20 | $13,143 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 13 | $6,820 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 524 | $5,897 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 386 | $5,592 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $430 | $263,897227 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $84 | $91,26784 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $127 | $59,75862 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $479 | $46,47953 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $286 | $42,85243 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $34 | $32,88629 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $156 | $27,02430 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $86 | $15,35317 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $39 | $15,00061 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 70th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other family medicine in Lake Charles
- Jason MorrisLake Charles$18M
- Michael SeepLake Charles$9.1M
- William NaboursLake Charles$3M
- Joshua WhatleyLake Charles$366K
- Robert VangossenLake Charles$14K
- Clinton GuilloryMonroe$18.5M
- Ramon VargasKenner$2.1M
- Stephen JonesNew Orleans$513K
- Richard JeansonneMandeville$362K
- Kristen ThomasNew Orleans$361K
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.