RxDoctor Payments Data

Alexander Turchin, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Boston, MANPI 1790735207

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $14,584 of the $18,672 with a category attached, or 78.1%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 45.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,522 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $17 in 2025.

$18,672in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 34 payments — averaging $549.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Pfizer$9K
  • Novo Nordisk$6K
  • Eli Lilly$3K
  • Sanofi US Services Inc.$1K
  • AstraZeneca$45
  • Corcept Therapeutics$17
$241,013in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 16 payments — averaging $15,063 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.

  • AstraZeneca$223K
  • Pfizer$10K
  • Novo Nordisk AS$7K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$14,58478%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1,0005%
  • Travel & lodging$2,80715%
  • Food & beverage$2651%
  • Education$170%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Pfizer13$8,522
Novo Nordisk3$6,094
Eli Lilly14$2,994
Sanofi US Services Inc.2$1,000
AstraZeneca1$45
Corcept Therapeutics1$17

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.

How this compares

$18,672 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 360 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$35,667
Medicare patients
227
Services billed
446

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin157$160,841
MounjaroTirzepatide92$122,921
TrulicityDulaglutide80$118,691
OzempicSemaglutide99$118,526
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate58$60,449
RybelsusSemaglutide29$48,370
LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate26$28,012
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol13$17,654
Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec14$16,819
Eplerenone48$8,927
InvokanaCanagliflozin13$7,978
Praluent PenAlirocumab11$5,777
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog34$4,197
Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart27$4,110
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium35$2,243

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$6,094$166,896128 claims
AstraZenecaLokelma, Farxiga$45$45,66639 claims
PfizerLevoxyl$8,522$1,70125 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 360 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Massachusetts.

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