Brett Plattner, MD
Nephrology · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1306041520
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 168 payments — averaging $20.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$719
- Amgen$341
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$297
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$203
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$165
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$155
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,35198%
- Education$662%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 35 | $719 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 19 | $341 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 15 | $297 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 10 | $203 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $165 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $155 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 8 | $148 |
| Novartis | 6 | $147 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $143 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 6 | $131 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $106 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Bayer | 5 | $77 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $62 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $29 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 1 | $20 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 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.
- LOKELMA$110
How this compares
$3,471 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AuryxiaFerric Citrate | 30 | $59,276 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 62 | $44,609 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 33 | $30,079 |
| XphozahTenapanor Hcl | 11 | $29,209 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 25 | $15,700 |
| Lanthanum Carbonate | 12 | $15,416 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 60 | $15,023 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 19 | $10,729 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $6,951 |
| Calcium Acetate | 43 | $4,358 |
| Torsemide | 85 | $2,723 |
| Potassium Chloride | 38 | $2,257 |
| Losartan Potassium | 113 | $1,919 |
| Calcitriol | 79 | $1,312 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 134 | $911 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akebia Therapeutics IncAuryxia | $203 | $59,27630 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $719 | $55,33881 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $77 | $30,07933 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $143 | $15,70025 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 65th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.
Other nephrology in Grand Rapids
- Ronald HofmannGrand Rapids$9K
- Matthias KretzlerAnn Arbor$7.8M
- Fahd Al-SaghirPontiac$3.9M
- Kiran SaraiyaWarren$3.1M
- Alexander YevzlinAnn Arbor$1.3M
- Christopher ProvenzanoShelby Township$1.2M
- Joel TopfRoseville$1.1M
- Jennifer OdrenSaint Clair Shores$620K
- Zeenat BhatAnn Arbor$592K
- Ahmed AqeelKalamazoo$363K
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.