Calvin Bell, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1821062258
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 32 payments — averaging $19.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$230
- Boehringer Ingelheim$92
- Novo Nordisk$84
- Johnson & Johnson$50
- Medtronic$47
- Merck$29
- plus $79 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$610100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $230 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $92 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $50 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $47 |
| Merck | 1 | $29 |
| GSK | 1 | $25 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$610 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 429 cardiovascular disease providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 71 | $67,387 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 68 | $935 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 11 | $579 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 25 | $416 |
| Carvedilol | 64 | $351 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 25 | $339 |
| Ezetimibe | 16 | $322 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 68 | $317 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 20 | $282 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $267 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 26 | $263 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 38 | $244 |
| Simvastatin | 25 | $225 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 27 | $220 |
| Potassium Chloride | 16 | $202 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Chattanooga
- Selcuk TombulChattanooga$204K
- Patrick StevensChattanooga$103K
- Brian LindmanNashville$5.5M
- David MetzgerKingsport$4.8M
- Christopher EllisNashville$4.1M
- Dinesh GuptaNashville$3.2M
- Joann LindenfeldNashville$2.2M
- Frank McGrewMemphis$2.1M
- Rebecca HungNashville$1.8M
- Mohsin AlhaddadJackson$1.8M
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.