Avery Abernathy, DO
Family Medicine · Kansas City, MONPI 1013207836
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 205 payments — averaging $16.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$612
- AstraZeneca$553
- Pfizer$373
- Lilly USA, LLC$358
- Amgen$192
- Boehringer Ingelheim$189
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,380100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 39 | $612 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 32 | $553 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $373 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $358 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 12 | $192 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $189 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $177 |
| Abbott | 8 | $154 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $104 |
| GSK | 6 | $102 |
| Merck | 5 | $85 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Novartis | 3 | $50 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $41 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $27 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$3,380 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,203 family medicine providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 57 | $75,903 |
| EliquisApixaban | 75 | $72,938 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 37 | $50,762 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 22 | $43,635 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 42 | $39,016 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 29 | $32,862 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 19 | $30,720 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 23 | $22,083 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 32 | $20,709 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $19,472 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 11 | $10,961 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 11 | $9,523 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 12 | $8,503 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 24 | $7,247 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 11 | $7,065 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis, Abrysvo, Paxlovid | $373 | $83,043111 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $358 | $76,49651 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $177 | $75,90357 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $553 | $61,09965 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $189 | $50,76237 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $85 | $40,24330 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $102 | $23,16633 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $42 | $20,70932 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $104 | $19,47212 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $612 | $4,58259 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 80th percentile of 2,203 family medicine providers in Missouri.
Other family medicine in Kansas City
- Scott KuennenKansas City$2.2M
- Blair ThedingerKansas City$1.3M
- Heather JordanKansas City$70K
- Jon MattsonKansas City$53K
- Meredith LevineKansas City$26K
- Cindy ChangKansas City$22K
- Timothy JenningsMaryland Heights$30.2M
- William HowittSpringfield$19.9M
- Rupal TrivediSaint Louis$10.6M
- Frederic PraterMaryland Heights$9.1M
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.