Brian Wolpin, MD
Medical Oncology · Boston, MANPI 1922066893
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,887 and has fallen 57.7% since, to $1,643 in 2025.
Across 9 payments — averaging $774.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$3K
- Beone Medicines USA, Inc.$2K
- Pfizer$1K
- Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.$1K
- Tesaro, Inc.$44
- AstraZeneca$43
Across 7 payments — averaging $72,058 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.
- Eli Lilly$271K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$120K
- Novartis$97K
- Merck$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,65038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,01057%
- Travel & lodging$120%
- Food & beverage$2594%
- Education$431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $2,703 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,600 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $1,400 |
| Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $1,184 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $43 |
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
$6,974 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 308 medical oncology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aprepitant | 11 | $3,879 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Pasi Antero JanneBoston$458K
- Robert HaddadBoston$451K
- Irene GhobrialBoston$431K
- Joaquin Bellmunt MolinsBoston$415K
- Jeremy AbramsonBoston$334K
- Justin GainorBoston$324K
- Narjust FlorezBoston$324K
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.