Howard Benn, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Paterson, NJNPI 1841364965
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,131 of the $21,425 with a category attached, or 61.3%. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3%. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,997 and has fallen 62.1% since, to $2,274 in 2025.
Across 809 payments — averaging $26.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Merck$975
- plus $10K from 54 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $7450.54 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.
- Halozyme Inc$22K
- Pfizer$649
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$135
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,36530%
- Food & beverage$13,13161%
- Education$1,9299%
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.
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
$21,425 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 362 hematology & oncology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 35 | $598,257 |
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 34 | $497,360 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 32 | $478,468 |
| PromactaEltrombopag Olamine | 32 | $433,168 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 13 | $193,836 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 27 | $189,205 |
| Lenalidomide | 19 | $173,807 |
| NinlaroIxazomib Citrate | 11 | $142,080 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 31 | $46,394 |
| XgevaDenosumab | 12 | $39,483 |
| EliquisApixaban | 47 | $30,613 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $13,856 |
| Hydroxyurea | 65 | $1,684 |
| Exemestane | 12 | $1,411 |
| Anastrozole | 59 | $1,201 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaTagrisso | $1,651 | $598,25735 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCVerzenio | $246 | $497,36034 claims |
| AbbVieVenclexta | $74 | $478,46832 claims |
| NovartisPromacta | $854 | $433,16832 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $448 | $193,83613 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Ninlaro | $387 | $142,08011 claims |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate | $63 | $46,39431 claims |
| AmgenXgeva | $1,019 | $39,48312 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $451 | $30,61347 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 85th percentile of 362 hematology & oncology providers in New Jersey.
Other hematology & oncology in Paterson
- Robert SpiegelWestfield$864K
- Amit PatelJersey City$770K
- Joshua StraussSpringfield$739K
- Charles FarberMorristown$609K
- Michael ScolaMorristown$506K
- Eshan PatelSomerville$420K
- Arturo Loaiza-BonillaPennington$406K
- Ashish ShahSpringfield$394K
- Carl HenningsonManasquan$349K
- Anthony BottiLivingston$275K
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.