RxDoctor Payments Data

Anil Agarwal

Nephrology · Columbus, OHNPI 1639115413

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $70,409 of the $99,228 with a category attached, or 71.0%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cormedix Inc. at 39.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,508, 2.7 times the $12,139 reported in 2019. Among nephrology clinicians in OH 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.

$99,228in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 85 payments — averaging $1167.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Cormedix Inc.$39K
  • AstraZeneca$22K
  • Johnson & Johnson$13K
  • Amgen$8K
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$6K
  • Akebia Therapeutics Inc$5K
  • plus $7K from 6 others
$43,632in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 29 payments — averaging $1504.55 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.

  • Akebia Therapeutics Inc$31K
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$10K
  • Vertex$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$70,40971%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$26,14126%
  • Travel & lodging$1,7552%
  • Food & beverage$8641%
  • Education$580%

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.

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

$99,228 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 450 nephrology providers in Ohio.

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