Aaron Ermel, MD
Infectious Disease · Indianapolis, INNPI 1497913024
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 3 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biomerieux Inc at 37.7% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for infectious disease clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $255.
Across 3 payments — averaging $18.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomerieux Inc$21
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.$19
- Abbott$16
Across 101 payments — averaging $12,291 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.
- BD$771K
- Biofire Diagnostics, LLC$320K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$55K
- Biomerieux Inc$54K
- Gen-probe, Inc.$24K
- GSK$17K
- plus $500 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$56100%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Beckman Coulter, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$56 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 152 infectious disease providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 178 | $733,323 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 61 | $240,359 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 60 | $136,387 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 25 | $115,914 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 37 | $88,396 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 24 | $84,519 |
| CresembaIsavuconazonium Sulfate | 13 | $80,205 |
| PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat | 23 | $54,977 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 14 | $19,779 |
| EdurantRilpivirine Hcl | 13 | $19,032 |
| Imipenem-Cilastatin SodiumImipenem/Cilastatin Sodium | 29 | $9,565 |
| Etravirine | 12 | $8,280 |
| Ampicillin Sodium | 11 | $4,499 |
| Amikacin Sulfate | 38 | $3,402 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $286 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other infectious disease in Indianapolis
- Samir GuptaIndianapolis$53K
- Darron BrownIndianapolis$21K
- Renita BrownIndianapolis$12K
- Stephen JordanIndianapolis$3K
- Bree WeaverIndianapolis$2K
- Steven NorrisIndianapolis$2K
- Kathryn RobertsonIndianapolis$1K
- Christina TangIndianapolis$1K
- Carmen TichindeleanIndianapolis$1K
- Keith BanksIndianapolis$861
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.