RxDoctor Payments Data

Benjamin Garmezy, MD

Hematology & Oncology · Nashville, TNNPI 1770961617

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $102,065 of the $152,464 with a category attached, or 66.9%. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.0%. Among hematology & oncology clinicians in TN 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.

$152,464in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 489 payments — averaging $311.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Bayer$31K
  • Pfizer$24K
  • Merck$21K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$17K
  • Eisai Inc.$10K
  • Exelixis Inc.$9K
  • plus $41K from 54 others
$8,225,242in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,328 payments — averaging $6193.71 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.

  • Exelixis Inc.$2.3M
  • Genentech, Inc.$999K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$902K
  • AbbVie$675K
  • AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$578K
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$568K
  • plus $2.2M from 12 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$102,06567%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$20,35513%
  • Travel & lodging$14,57610%
  • Food & beverage$15,08310%
  • Education$1670%
  • Entertainment$2180%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Bayer30$30,512
Pfizer46$23,505
Merck31$20,590
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.41$17,385
Eisai Inc.25$10,168
Exelixis Inc.42$9,146
Novartis24$8,221
AstraZeneca(2 entities)34$6,837
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$6,522
Seagen Inc.3$4,496
AbbVie3$2,745
EMD Serono, Inc.7$2,500
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC6$2,141
Johnson & Johnson17$1,622
Sanofi12$1,268
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.4$725
Gilead10$459
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.17$407
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.17$344
Telix Pharmaceuticals2$267
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc1$214
Genentech USA, Inc.10$205
Genentech, Inc.1$144
Amgen2$126
Array Biopharma Inc6$126
Lilly USA, LLC6$123
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$116
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$112
Bristol Myers Squibb6$106
GSK4$99
Astellas Pharma US Inc4$86
Tersera Therapeutics LLC5$83
Beigene USA, Inc.4$80
Genmab U.S., Inc.3$71
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.3$65
Caris MPI, Inc.4$64
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.3$58
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC3$58
Stemline Therapeutics Inc.2$50
Coherus Oncology, Inc.3$49
Tempus AI, Inc2$47
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.2$43
Boehringer Ingelheim2$37
Pharmaessentia USA Corporation2$37
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.2$37
Incyte Corporation2$33
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$28
Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company1$25
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$24
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$22
Beone Medicines USA, Inc.1$22
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$21
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc1$21
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.1$21
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.1$21
G1 Therapeutics, Inc.1$20
Invivyd Inc1$20
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$20
Organon1$19

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

$152,464 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 251 hematology & oncology providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,489,823
Medicare patients
278
Services billed
44,261

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
CabometyxCabozantinib S-Malate29$706,177
ErleadaApalutamide12$201,167
Abiraterone Acetate11$25,587
Olanzapine33$1,149
Oxycodone Hcl27$708
Dexamethasone25$375
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron28$353
Prochlorperazine Maleate15$352
Amlodipine Besylate23$171
Prednisone44$170
Levothyroxine Sodium25$155
Escitalopram Oxalate11$63
Allopurinol11$42

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Exelixis Inc.Cabometyx$9,146$706,17729 claims
Johnson & JohnsonErleada$1,622$201,16712 claims
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate$2,141$25,58711 claims
Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine$123$1,14933 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 90th percentile of 251 hematology & oncology providers in Tennessee.

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