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 FRANKLIN LOWE JR.

Dental Providers Dentist Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

NPI
1699843243
CMS profile
924083
Location
BURLINGTON, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,912.68

  • Reported across 43 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$674.56

10 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Gift $366.75 2
Food and Beverage $192.98 6
Travel and Lodging $114.83 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
American Orthodontics Corporation $406.50 4
Align Technology, Inc. $268.06 6

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,456.90 13
PY2019 $3,097.76 10
PY2020 $453.00 4
PY2022 $121.36 1
PY2023 $109.10 5
PY2024 $674.56 10

Payment records · PY2024 (10)

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

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Align Technology, Inc. $27.00 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153186974 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $15.13 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153186972 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $100.37 12/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153253092 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $100.85 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153253072 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $10.25 12/06/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153253074 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $14.46 12/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153253094 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $356.50 05/16/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113936295 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $15.00 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113942819 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $18.00 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113943757 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $17.00 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113949250 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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