RxDoctor Payments Data

Brian Chavez, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Lake Forest, CANPI 1215974969

Payments from drug & device makers

$15,070in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 610 payments — averaging $24.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • Bayer$974
  • AbbVie$834
  • Mannkind Corporation$785
  • plus $8K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$1051%
  • Travel & lodging$90%
  • Food & beverage$14,92299%
  • Education$340%

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
Amgen(2 entities)64$2,134
Lilly USA, LLC79$1,380
AstraZeneca(2 entities)45$1,102
Bayer28$974
AbbVie37$834
Mannkind Corporation43$785
Boehringer Ingelheim14$652
Novo Nordisk33$642
Novartis32$580
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC25$576
Corcept Therapeutics23$516
Cequr Corporation3$508
Insulet Corporation16$420
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.8$354
Dexcom, Inc.11$300
Amarin Pharma, Inc.10$281
Antares Pharma, Inc.16$231
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.5$215
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$172
Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.9$169
NEW World Medical,inc.1$147
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals5$145
Merck8$114
Sanofi1$105
Embecta Corp.6$102
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.4$100
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$85
Abbott4$76
Pfizer3$70
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.3$69
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.4$69
Zealand Pharma US, Inc.3$67
Astellas Pharma US Inc2$56
Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc2$54
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$49
Medtronic3$46
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC2$42
Exact Sciences2$41
Valeritas, Inc.2$41
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.2$41
Boston Scientific2$40
Shield Therapeutics Inc2$39
BD1$39
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.2$37
Johnson & Johnson2$35
Alvogen Inc2$34
Alfasigma USA, Inc.2$33
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.2$32
OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$32
Averitas Pharma Inc.1$28
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.1$27
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$27
Genentech USA, Inc.1$23
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$23
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Radius Health, Inc.1$21
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.1$21
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.1$20

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

$15,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$506,653
Medicare patients
417
Services billed
21,701

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
OzempicSemaglutide262$330,137
JardianceEmpagliflozin214$195,697
MounjaroTirzepatide85$127,540
TrulicityDulaglutide103$124,598
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol73$78,085
RybelsusSemaglutide54$72,318
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate48$57,861
Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog57$51,119
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec32$45,034
Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/734$41,558
KerendiaFinerenone46$33,051
ProliaDenosumab18$30,423
HumatropeSomatropin11$29,126
Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro73$27,286
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium276$26,447

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, Rybelsus, Tresiba$642$409,689329 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humatrope, Humalog$1,380$289,940222 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$652$214,973229 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Janumet Xr$114$90,32485 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,102$78,08573 claims
BayerKerendia$974$33,05146 claims
AmgenProlia$2,134$30,42318 claims
AbbVieSynthroid, Armour Thyroid$834$29,181310 claims
Mannkind CorporationAfrezza$785$14,24311 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus$576$3,54017 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 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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