Cassity Ballentine
Physician Assistant · Murray, UTNPI 1790790111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,387 of the $8,384 with a category attached, or 88.1%. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,726, 2.2 times the $1,264 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 390 payments — averaging $21.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cvrx, Inc.$1K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Novartis$1K
- Pfizer$732
- Boehringer Ingelheim$676
- Amgen$643
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$92111%
- Food & beverage$7,38788%
- Education$761%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cvrx, Inc. | 16 | $1,476 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 53 | $1,185 |
| Novartis | 65 | $1,091 |
| Pfizer | 53 | $732 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 40 | $676 |
| Amgen | 37 | $643 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $625 |
| Merck | 32 | $591 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $182 |
| Bayer | 9 | $150 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 5 | $143 |
| Abbott | 4 | $98 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $30 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$8,384 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,543 physician assistant providers in Utah.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 78 | $78,219 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 43 | $34,685 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 22 | $15,789 |
| Potassium Chloride | 49 | $1,704 |
| Ezetimibe | 45 | $1,455 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 60 | $1,165 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 42 | $1,124 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 55 | $834 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 20 | $799 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 23 | $679 |
| Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 21 | $627 |
| Nitroglycerin | 22 | $543 |
| Losartan Potassium | 48 | $477 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 37 | $461 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 51 | $381 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $732 | $78,21978 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,091 | $15,78922 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 95th percentile of 1,543 physician assistant providers in Utah.
Other physician assistant in Murray
- Vanessa Beard-ElyMurray$80K
- Greg PowellMurray$7K
- Regan BrooksSlc$606K
- Keri HolyoakMidvale$438K
- Jill EricksonSalt Lake City$179K
- Natalie BeeSalt Lake City$63K
- Jasmin CharlesTaylorsville$46K
- Luke JenkinsWest Jordan$46K
- Chanise FrandsenSandy$31K
- Alexandra RoccoWashington Terrace$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.