Alton Sartor, MD
Medical Oncology · Rochester, MNNPI 1801877501
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $636,181 of the $687,681 with a category attached, or 92.5%. It is spread thinly across 41 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.6%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $131,791, 3.1 times the $42,247 reported in 2019. Among medical oncology clinicians in MN 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 476 payments — averaging $1444.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$87K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$80K
- Merck$80K
- Pfizer$77K
- Novartis$75K
- Bayer$34K
- plus $257K from 35 others
Across 231 payments — averaging $21,940 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$2.7M
- Merck$1.1M
- Bayer$482K
- Novartis$334K
- Amgen$177K
- AstraZeneca$170K
- plus $79K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$636,18193%
- Speaking & faculty fees$22,5253%
- Grants$10,0001%
- Travel & lodging$12,0332%
- Food & beverage$6,7071%
- Education$2340%
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.
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.
- WELIREG$71,220
- IMFINZI$70,980
- TALZENNA$50,863
- PLUVICTO$35,904
- JEVTANA$25,885
- Erleada$22,147
- ILLUCCIX$20,338
- XTANDI$18,926
- Lutathera$17,450
- Non-Covered$15,225
- CARVYKTI$14,438
- PYLARIFY$11,511
- Xofigo$11,472
- LYNPARZA$11,433
- Rubraca$11,147
- Truqap$7,857
- MK-6482$3,750
- Cabometyx$2,640
- BAVENCIO$2,000
- FOUNDATIONONE LIQUID CDX$1,750
How this compares
$687,681 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 133 medical oncology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 36 | $514,854 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 26 | $342,296 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 119 | $94,992 |
| Prednisone | 114 | $468 |
| Potassium Chloride | 21 | $416 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 14 | $204 |
| Dexamethasone | 20 | $199 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $174 | $514,85436 claims |
| BayerNubeqa | $33,514 | $342,29626 claims |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate | $8,498 | $94,992119 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 95th percentile of 133 medical oncology providers in Minnesota.
Other medical oncology in Rochester
- Amit MahipalRochester$746K
- Ben GeorgeRochester$579K
- Elisabeth HeathRochester$236K
- Matthew GoetzRochester$136K
- Thorvardur HalfdanarsonRochester$86K
- Harry YoonRochester$69K
- Karthik GiridharRochester$66K
- Joleen HubbardRochester$59K
- Lionel Aurelien Kankeu FonkouaRochester$58K
- Kaushal ParikhRochester$55K
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.