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Benjamin B. Close, M.D.

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Pediatrics|Pediatric Allergy/Immunology · ALEXANDRIA, LA · NPI 1730185802

Profile state: payments and partd Open Payments: 2025 Medicare Part D: 2024 Last identity check: 2026-08-10 Page data build: 2026-08-12

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What the public records show

CMS Open Payments records show Benjamin B. Close, M.D. received $40,485.80 in general payments during 2025 across 224 reported records.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP accounted for 60.5% of that reported general-payment amount.

The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 32 associated products.

A separate comparison found the same explicitly named product in public Medicare Part D data: Fasenra, Hizentra, Nucala, Tezspire, Trelegy Ellipta, Xolair.

Amgen Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported TEZSPIRE as an associated drug or biological on 22824 records involving 7320 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 33 claims for Tezspire by this doctor in 2024.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported FASENRA as an associated drug or biological on 40035 records involving 10417 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 14 claims for Fasenra by this doctor in 2024.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported SYMBICORT as an associated drug or biological on 71 records involving 51 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 71 claims for Symbicort by this doctor in 2024.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported TEZSPIRE as an associated drug or biological on 33983 records involving 10291 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 33 claims for Tezspire by this doctor in 2024.

CSL Behring reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported Hizentra as an associated drug or biological on 13634 records involving 4691 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 22 claims for Hizentra by this doctor in 2024.

CSL Behring reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported Privigen as an associated drug or biological on 464 records involving 289 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 26 claims for Privigen by this doctor in 2024.

Genentech USA, Inc. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported Xolair as an associated drug or biological on 11057 records involving 4008 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 19 claims for Xolair by this doctor in 2024.

GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported NUCALA as an associated drug or biological on 100127 records involving 16970 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 42 claims for Nucala by this doctor in 2024.

GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported TRELEGY ELLIPTA as an associated drug or biological on 131532 records involving 37148 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 478 claims for Trelegy Ellipta by this doctor in 2024.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported XOLAIR as an associated drug or biological on 5293 records involving 2861 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 19 claims for Xolair by this doctor in 2024.

These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.

Payment overview · 2025

General Payments

$40,485.80

224 reported records · 26 companies

Separate record types

Research & Ownership

Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data

Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data

Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data

These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.

Who paid this doctor?

Companies in 2025 General Payments

Reported companyCanonical companyAmountShareRecordsYear
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $24,472.4660.5%522025
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $8,861.8521.9%132025
GENZYME CORPORATION Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $3,686.079.1%152025
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $761.191.9%342025
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $446.191.1%192025
CSL Behring Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $294.570.7%142025
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $230.940.6%82025
Grifols USA, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $222.150.6%132025
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $203.130.5%82025
BioCryst US Sales Co., LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $200.170.5%52025
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $181.550.5%62025
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $156.330.4%52025
Amgen Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $144.510.4%22025
Lilly USA, LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $133.620.3%62025
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $93.270.2%52025
Genentech USA, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $70.490.2%22025
AYTU BioPharma, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $61.250.1%32025
Pharming Healthcare, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $46.660.1%22025
Organon LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $43.760.1%32025
Viatris Specialty LLC Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $43.360.1%22025
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $37.230.1%22025
Insmed, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $26.340.1%12025
PFIZER INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $20.180.1%12025
HOSPIRA, INC. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $18.390.1%12025
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $15.870.0%12025
Optinose US, Inc. Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown $14.270.0%12025

What were the payments for?

Payment categories

CategoryAmountRecords
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$33,237.0418
Food and Beverage$5,378.56197
Travel and Lodging$1,796.708
Education$73.501

A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.

Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products

Products named in Open Payments records

Reported productTypeReported companyRelated amount*RecordsYear
TEZSPIRE
Normalized: tezspire
Biological Amgen Inc., AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14,639.20 26 2025
Source payment records
DUPIXENT
Normalized: dupixent
Biological GENZYME CORPORATION, Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $10,728.56 26 2025
Source payment records
AIRSUPRA
Normalized: airsupra
Drug AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $5,312.55 11 2025
Source payment records
FASENRA
Normalized: fasenra
Biological AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $4,602.72 15 2025
Source payment records
NUCALA
Normalized: nucala
Biological GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $460.50 19 2025
Source payment records
TRELEGY ELLIPTA
Normalized: trelegy ellipta
Drug GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $297.23 14 2025
Source payment records
NEFFY
Normalized: neffy
Drug ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. $203.13 8 2025
Source payment records
NEMLUVIO
Normalized: nemluvio
Drug Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $181.55 6 2025
Source payment records
TAKHZYRO
Normalized: takhzyro
Biological Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $152.97 5 2025
Source payment records
Prolastin-C Liquid
Normalized: prolastin c liquid
Biological Grifols USA, LLC $141.02 8 2025
Source payment records
DAWNZERA
Normalized: dawnzera
Drug Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $134.61 4 2025
Source payment records
EBGLYSS
Normalized: ebglyss
Drug Lilly USA, LLC $133.62 6 2025
Source payment records
Rhapsido
Normalized: rhapsido
Drug Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $122.13 6 2025
Source payment records
Haegarda
Normalized: haegarda
Biological CSL Behring $117.39 5 2025
Source payment records
Andembry
Normalized: andembry
Biological CSL Behring $116.17 5 2025
Source payment records
ZORYVE
Normalized: zoryve
Drug Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. $93.27 5 2025
Source payment records
ORLADEYO
Normalized: orladeyo
Drug BioCryst US Sales Co., LLC $90.55 4 2025
Source payment records
Xembify
Normalized: xembify
Biological Grifols USA, LLC $81.13 5 2025
Source payment records
XOLAIR
Normalized: xolair
Biological, Drug Genentech USA, Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $78.00 3 2025
Source payment records
CUVITRU
Normalized: cuvitru
Biological Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $77.97 3 2025
Source payment records
AREXVY
Normalized: arexvy
Biological GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $77.46 4 2025
Source payment records
Karbinal
Normalized: karbinal
Drug AYTU BioPharma, Inc. $61.25 3 2025
Source payment records
Hizentra
Normalized: hizentra
Biological CSL Behring $61.01 4 2025
Source payment records
RUCONEST
Normalized: ruconest
Biological Pharming Healthcare, Inc. $46.66 2 2025
Source payment records
YUPELRI
Normalized: yupelri
Drug Viatris Specialty LLC $43.36 2 2025
Source payment records
CUTAQUIG
Normalized: cutaquig
Biological HOSPIRA, INC., PFIZER INC. $38.57 2 2025
Source payment records
OCTAGAM IMMUNE GLOBULIN (HUMAN)
Normalized: octagam immune globulin human
Drug HOSPIRA, INC., PFIZER INC. $38.57 2 2025
Source payment records
PANZYGA
Normalized: panzyga
Biological HOSPIRA, INC., PFIZER INC. $38.57 2 2025
Source payment records
Ryaltris
Normalized: ryaltris
Drug Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA $37.23 2 2025
Source payment records
XHANCE
Normalized: xhance
Drug Optinose US, Inc., Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.14 2 2025
Source payment records
TALTZ
Normalized: taltz
Drug Lilly USA, LLC $26.74 1 2025
Source payment records
Arikayce
Normalized: arikayce
Drug Insmed, Inc. $26.34 1 2025
Source payment records

* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.

These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.

Public prescribing for products named in payments

Open Payments productPayment yearPart D brandPart D yearClaimsMatch methodSource
FASENRA
fasenra
2025 Fasenra 2024 14
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
Hizentra
hizentra
2025 Hizentra 2024 22
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
NUCALA
nucala
2025 Nucala 2024 42
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
TEZSPIRE
tezspire
2025 Tezspire 2024 33
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D
TRELEGY ELLIPTA
trelegy ellipta
2025 Trelegy Ellipta 2024 478 exact normalized Medicare Part D
XOLAIR
xolair
2025 Xolair 2024 19
Beneficiary count suppressed
exact normalized Medicare Part D

The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.

Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap

Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D

This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.

Paying companyPayment yearDrug reported by same entityOpen Payments evidencePart DClaimsBeneficiaries
Amgen Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 TEZSPIRE
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
22824 supporting records · 7320 recipient NPIs · example record 1226871881
Tezspire · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
33 suppressed by CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 FASENRA
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
40035 supporting records · 10417 recipient NPIs · example record 1206131346
Fasenra · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
14 suppressed by CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 SYMBICORT
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
71 supporting records · 51 recipient NPIs · example record 1206132610
Symbicort · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
71 23
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 TEZSPIRE
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
33983 supporting records · 10291 recipient NPIs · example record 1206131392
Tezspire · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
33 suppressed by CMS
CSL Behring
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 Hizentra
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
13634 supporting records · 4691 recipient NPIs · example record 1232339012
Hizentra · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
22 suppressed by CMS
CSL Behring
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 Privigen
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
464 supporting records · 289 recipient NPIs · example record 1232339064
Privigen · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
26 suppressed by CMS
Genentech USA, Inc.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 Xolair
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
11057 supporting records · 4008 recipient NPIs · example record 1211488440
Xolair · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
19 suppressed by CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 NUCALA
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
100127 supporting records · 16970 recipient NPIs · example record 1190332378
Nucala · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
42 suppressed by CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 TRELEGY ELLIPTA
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
131532 supporting records · 37148 recipient NPIs · example record 1190332369
Trelegy Ellipta · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
478 101
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference
2025 XOLAIR
open payments reported associated product
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
5293 supporting records · 2861 recipient NPIs · example record 1200005083
Xolair · 2024
Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row
19 suppressed by CMS

These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.

Public Medicare Part D data

Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024

BrandGenericClaimsBeneficiaries
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter478101
Azelastine HclAzelastine Hcl27993
Fluticasone PropionateFluticasone Propionate25070
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate21795
Montelukast SodiumMontelukast Sodium21540
Ipratropium BromideIpratropium Bromide12541
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol12229
Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol11935
PrednisonePrednisone11978
Dupixent PenDupilumab84suppressed
Dupixent SyringeDupilumab79suppressed
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate7123
Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol7125
Pantoprazole SodiumPantoprazole Sodium5821
Azelastine-FluticasoneAzelastine/Fluticasone5317
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol44suppressed
OmeprazoleOmeprazole43suppressed
NucalaMepolizumab42suppressed
AzithromycinAzithromycin36suppressed
Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate33suppressed
TezspireTezepelumab-Ekko33suppressed
EpinephrineEpinephrine3125
Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate30suppressed
Fasenra PenBenralizumab26suppressed
Hydroxyzine HclHydroxyzine Hcl26suppressed
PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5026suppressed
Triamcinolone AcetonideTriamcinolone Acetonide2615
Doxycycline HyclateDoxycycline Hyclate2318
Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide23suppressed
HizentraImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5022suppressed
Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol20suppressed
Levocetirizine DihydrochlorideLevocetirizine Dihydrochloride20suppressed
XolairOmalizumab19suppressed
BreynaBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate17suppressed
Esomeprazole MagnesiumEsomeprazole Magnesium17suppressed
Mometasone FuroateMometasone Furoate16suppressed
AmoxicillinAmoxicillin1413
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav1412
FamotidineFamotidine14suppressed
FasenraBenralizumab14suppressed
Advair DiskusFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol12suppressed
CefdinirCefdinir12suppressed
DuleraMometasone/Formoterol11suppressed

Timeline

Payment and prescribing data by year

Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.

YearGeneral PaymentsMain payerExplicit productsCompany overlapsPart D coverage
2025 $40,485.80 · 224 records AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AIRSUPRA, AREXVY, Andembry, Arikayce, CUTAQUIG, CUVITRU, DAWNZERA, DUPIXENT, EBGLYSS, FASENRA, Haegarda, Hizentra, Karbinal, NEFFY, NEMLUVIO, NUCALA, OCTAGAM IMMUNE GLOBULIN (HUMAN), ORLADEYO, PANZYGA, Prolastin-C Liquid, RUCONEST, Rhapsido, Ryaltris, TAKHZYRO, TALTZ, TEZSPIRE, TRELEGY ELLIPTA, XHANCE, XOLAIR, Xembify, YUPELRI, ZORYVE 10
2024 Complete

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DatasetYearPublicationSource
CMS Open Payments — General Payments 2025 2026-06-30 Original source
Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug 2024 2026-05-06 Original source
NPPES Data Dissemination V2 current / reference data 2026-08-10 Original source

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