Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BENJAMIN ANDERSON HESTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1538225206
CMS profile
296620
Location
GREER, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$3,880.21

  • Reported across 242 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$705.69

43 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $705.69 43

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,260.57 74
PY2019 $699.25 51
PY2020 $206.55 15
PY2021 $183.44 6
PY2022 $824.71 53
PY2023 $705.69 43

Payment records · PY2023 (43)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2023 20182019202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $23.64 02/01/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018473469 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $22.46 03/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018477521 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.34 05/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018482181 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.58 05/29/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1019573419 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $8.41 06/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018485657 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.74 06/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018485665 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $5.81 06/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018485715 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $3.16 07/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018492225 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6.28 08/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018503061 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $3.13 08/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018503103 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $22.70 11/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018738417 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $2.71 12/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1018750795 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.48 01/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 997474957 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.80 04/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 997474959 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.39 05/04/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 997474961 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.85 05/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 997474963 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.11 03/16/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1020542909 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.07 07/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1014291301 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.99 01/04/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1000075787 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.05 02/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1000087463 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.02 05/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1000087193 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.72 06/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1000123165 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $13.19 02/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996871087 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $29.00 06/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1006446207 CMS
Dexcom, Inc. $20.47 02/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1054908149 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.37 01/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1015678277 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.40 02/27/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1015678321 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $13.91 01/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026542177 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $12.90 03/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026542211 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $15.82 10/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1026542345 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $14.90 05/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1003017849 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $16.81 06/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1003014433 CMS
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC $18.22 02/16/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1034466779 CMS
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC $13.10 05/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1034466785 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $16.75 01/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 992160079 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.44 02/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 992160087 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.71 02/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1000918421 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.84 01/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1049184667 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.12 03/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050519079 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $20.37 05/16/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057383581 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $20.64 07/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057131137 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $19.91 02/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055404809 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $24.38 02/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055404813 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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