Alison Vogell
Obstetrics · Boston, MANPI 1598909269
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 98.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,785, more than ten times the $25 reported in 2020.
Across 66 payments — averaging $449.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$29K
- Axonics, Inc.$107
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$103
- Johnson & Johnson$67
- Pfizer$25
- GSK$21
- plus $21 from 1 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $3451.80 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.
- AbbVie$17K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,00047%
- Travel & lodging$4,58115%
- Food & beverage$2,3818%
- Education$8,67029%
- Gifts$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 52 | $29,320 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $67 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $25 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$24,272
- DAVINCI XI$4,500
How this compares
Too few obstetrics providers in Massachusettsto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Norethindrone Acetate | 13 | $587 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics in Boston
- Radhika DatarBoston$36
- Adrian ChiemBoston$5
- Moustafa AliFall River$1K
- Melanie NathanDanvers$467
- Taylor HotchkissArlington$326
- Sarah MorrisseySpringfield$133
- Serena FasanoMedford$121
- Amir MehdizadehWorcester$113
- Janelle MurphyWeymouth$26
- Paul RicherWellesley Hills$20
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.