Mark Benfield
Pediatric Nephrology · Cullman, ALNPI 1811004245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $195,295 of the $234,409 with a category attached, or 83.3%. Amgen accounts for 96.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 208 payments — averaging $1126.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$227K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$7K
- Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.$212
- Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$24
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$15
Across 1 payment — averaging $213,750 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.
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$214K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,6976%
- Speaking & faculty fees$195,29583%
- Travel & lodging$22,44610%
- Food & beverage$2,9571%
- Education$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 192 | $226,817 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 7 | $7,341 |
| Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $212 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $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.
How this compares
Too few pediatric nephrology providers in Alabamato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric nephrology in Cullman
- David AskenaziBirmingham$114K
- Daniel FeigBirmingham$11K
- Sahar Fathallah ShaykhBirmingham$5K
- Tennille WebbBirmingham$519
- Dunya MohammadMobile$483
- Caroline JacksonBirmingham$308
- Kyle DevilleBirmingham$296
- Michael SeifertBirmingham$221
- Andrew BarberaBirmingham$119
- Rebekah SimsBirmingham$113
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.