Arturo Echeverri, MD
Neurology · Billings, MTNPI 1932169232
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.0%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,673 and has fallen 86.5% since, to $361 in 2025.
Across 286 payments — averaging $35.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$388
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$282
- Medtronic$240
- plus $533 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$531%
- Travel & lodging$4,20941%
- Food & beverage$5,89158%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $4,418 |
| Abbott | 167 | $2,509 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 21 | $1,784 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 21 | $388 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $282 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $240 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 13 | $151 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $86 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $53 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $25 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biogen | 1 | $19 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VERCISE$2,506
- VNS Therapy$1,410
- GENERAL DBS$1,066
- INFINITY$639
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$502
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$166
- AJOVY$108
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$103
How this compares
$10,154 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 48 neurology providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 23 | $39,296 |
| Lamictal XrLamotrigine | 11 | $31,828 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 18 | $20,692 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 605 | $17,389 |
| KeppraLevetiracetam | 13 | $15,773 |
| Ajovy SyringeFremanezumab-Vfrm | 22 | $15,193 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 86 | $14,401 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 11 | $11,823 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 17 | $11,327 |
| Levetiracetam | 279 | $7,535 |
| Lacosamide | 54 | $7,022 |
| TegretolCarbamazepine | 13 | $5,594 |
| Pramipexole ErPramipexole Di-Hcl | 15 | $4,846 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 135 | $4,838 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 85 | $4,418 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta | $388 | $32,51529 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 75th percentile of 48 neurology providers in Montana.
Other neurology in Billings
- Ann CollierBillings$164K
- Kristian FrenchBillings$64K
- Sara QureshiBillings$12K
- Daniel RodriguezBillings$2K
- Michael BradshawBillings$1K
- Jeffrey MosserBillings$464
- Scott RigginsBillings$172
- James RichardsBillings$88
- Steven ArbogastBillings$83
- Roger WilliamsBillings$37
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.