RxDoctor Payments Data

Andrew Shapiro

Urology · Owings Mills, MDNPI 1407874852

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $24,355 of the $33,594 with a category attached, or 72.5%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 38.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $30,832 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $13 in 2021. Among urology clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$33,594in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 118 payments — averaging $284.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$13K
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$10K
  • AbbVie$10K
  • Axonics, Inc.$202
  • Coloplast$133
  • Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$131
  • plus $491 from 13 others
$67,081in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 28 payments — averaging $2395.75 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$49K
  • Ipsen Innovation$11K
  • Axonics, Inc.$5K
  • Boston Scientific$2K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$8753%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$24,35572%
  • Travel & lodging$6,08418%
  • Food & beverage$2,1726%
  • Education$1080%

General payments by program year

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21

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
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.24$13,012
Astellas Pharma US Inc22$10,053
AbbVie(2 entities)27$9,573
Axonics, Inc.11$202
Coloplast7$133
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$131
Medtronic2$92
Antares Pharma, Inc.5$85
Bayer2$68
Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$40
Renovia Inc3$40
Rochester Medical Corporation1$33
Johnson & Johnson2$33
Amgen1$22
180 Medical, Inc.1$20
Dentsply IH Inc.1$17
Pfizer1$14
Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$14
Mckesson Patient Care Solutions Inc.1$14

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

$33,594 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 274 urology providers in Maryland.

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