Albert Rhoton, MD
Gastroenterology · High Point, NCNPI 1801816475
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $137,213 of the $137,213 with a category attached, or 100.0%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Steris Corporation at 52.2% of the total. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 6 payments — averaging $22,869 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Steris Corporation$72K
- BD$46K
- Davol Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$137,213100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steris Corporation | 3 | $71,650 |
| BD | 2 | $45,650 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $19,912 |
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.
- V. MUELLER$65,563
- NA$45,714
How this compares
$137,213 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 17 | $302 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 50 | $243 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in High Point
- Shabana ShahidHigh Point$21K
- Stephen DealCharlotte$945K
- Fred FowlerCharlotte$932K
- Paul WatkinsChapel Hill$876K
- Nilesh LodhiaCharlotte$735K
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$431K
- Robert ReindollarSalisbury$430K
- Andrew StormWinston Salem$426K
- John PoulosFayetteville$407K
- Manal AbdelmalekDurham$402K
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.