RxDoctor Payments Data

Bhavandeep Bajaj, MD

Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1003011214

Payments from drug & device makers

$20,639in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,144 payments — averaging $18.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • GSK$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Pfizer$1K
  • plus $11K from 47 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$20,48899%
  • Education$1511%

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

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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
Novo Nordisk125$2,293
AstraZeneca100$1,817
AbbVie(2 entities)118$1,668
GSK68$1,651
Lilly USA, LLC77$1,383
Pfizer60$1,040
Boehringer Ingelheim52$956
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC46$816
Johnson & Johnson47$815
Novartis39$755
Bayer28$631
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.24$615
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.39$607
Amgen35$504
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.16$418
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC32$397
Merck29$354
Exact Sciences15$313
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.14$292
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.17$246
Urovant Sciences Inc5$225
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.13$222
Astellas Pharma US Inc12$219
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.12$216
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$195
Amarin Pharma, Inc.11$167
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.6$158
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc7$126
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$115
Eisai Inc.7$113
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.6$110
Dexcom, Inc.5$100
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.5$98
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)6$96
Abbott6$94
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.5$90
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.6$88
Gilead4$85
UCB, Inc.3$69
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.4$61
Corcept Therapeutics3$53
Viiv Healthcare Company2$51
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$50
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$47
Almatica Pharma LLC2$45
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.2$41
Vifor Pharma, Inc.2$32
Sanofi1$22
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.1$22
Nevro Corp.1$19
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$16
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$12
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$11

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

$20,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$170,984
Medicare patients
399
Services billed
2,185

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
OzempicSemaglutide95$154,558
EliquisApixaban234$130,126
TrulicityDulaglutide56$84,939
JardianceEmpagliflozin57$70,806
XareltoRivaroxaban91$60,934
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter67$57,202
TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi12$47,973
MounjaroTirzepatide30$46,429
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan78$39,428
MyrbetriqMirabegron34$35,618
SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist.11$31,135
TradjentaLinagliptin65$30,333
TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide16$22,575
XifaxanRifaximin12$16,966
JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl14$14,546

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
Novo NordiskOzempic$2,293$154,55895 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$1,383$131,36886 claims
PfizerEliquis$1,040$130,126234 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$956$101,140122 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta$1,651$90,717133 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$815$60,93491 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq$51$47,97312 claims
NovartisEntresto$755$39,42878 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$219$35,61834 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia$354$27,78133 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Lokelma$1,817$26,58654 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix$607$22,57516 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 95th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.

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