Brien Pierpont, MD
Cardiology · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1265424378
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,087 of the $1,682 with a category attached, or 64.6%. Novartis accounts for 73.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,225 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $30 in 2025.
Across 31 payments — averaging $54.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$285
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$53
- AstraZeneca$32
- GE HealthCare$30
- Abbott$25
- plus $25 from 1 others
Across 82 payments — averaging $20,640 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.
- Amgen$869K
- Novartis$724K
- AbbVie$76K
- AstraZeneca$24K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$59535%
- Food & beverage$1,08765%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 13 | $1,231 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $285 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $53 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $32 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
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
$1,682 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 45 cardiology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 24 | $31,199 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 36 | $25,242 |
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $13,820 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $10,561 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 76 | $1,777 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 89 | $1,193 |
| Nitroglycerin | 49 | $964 |
| Digoxin | 30 | $745 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 42 | $711 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 14 | $513 |
| Losartan Potassium | 31 | $433 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 27 | $351 |
| Lisinopril | 36 | $308 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 16 | $231 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 17 | $205 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $1,231 | $25,24236 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $285 | $10,56116 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 60th percentile of 45 cardiology providers in Florida.
Other cardiology in St Petersburg
- Ashish ShahSt Petersburg$0
- Shakoor ArainOkeechobee$13K
- Erick CalderonLakewood Ranch$10K
- Melchor GonzalezPalm Coast$8K
- Andres PalomoMiami$7K
- Ariel de la RosaHialeah$7K
- Mayank YadavOrange City$7K
- Lawrence WeinsteinBoynton Beach$5K
- Mohsen RashdanBoca Raton$5K
- Ramanath RaoZephyrhills$5K
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.