Chelsea Luther, MD
Dermatology · Canton, MINPI 1649629510
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.1% of the total across 278 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,289, 2.6 times the $487 reported in 2019.
Across 278 payments — averaging $22.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Novartis$654
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$646
- Sanofi$508
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$427
- Lilly USA, LLC$422
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $3293.95 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$69K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,66892%
- Education$4838%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 51 | $1,120 |
| Novartis | 38 | $654 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 21 | $646 |
| Sanofi | 19 | $508 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 20 | $427 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $422 |
| AbbVie | 29 | $410 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $267 |
| Incyte Corporation | 8 | $202 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $182 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $174 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 7 | $149 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Krystal Biotech Inc | 3 | $60 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $56 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 2 | $52 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 2 | $38 |
| Organon | 2 | $22 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $16 |
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
$6,151 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 404 dermatology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tacrolimus | 29 | $2,344 |
| Fluorouracil | 31 | $1,795 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 52 | $1,657 |
| Ketoconazole | 65 | $1,190 |
| Fluocinonide | 29 | $1,045 |
| Tretinoin | 21 | $880 |
| Metronidazole | 29 | $846 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 14 | $805 |
| Ciclopirox | 28 | $753 |
| Hydrocortisone | 66 | $527 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 44 | $239 |
| Finasteride | 15 | $177 |
| Minoxidil | 14 | $174 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $158 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Canton
- Andrea SchrieberCanton$13K
- Linda Stein GoldWest Bloomfield$3.3M
- Kristi HawleyCaledonia$2.2M
- David AltmanWarren$1.9M
- Michael SiegelWaterford$708K
- Johann GudjonssonAnn Arbor$535K
- Michael DormanWest Bloomfield$433K
- Steven DaveluyDearborn$350K
- Benjamin WorkmanMidland$284K
- Diana WestgateKalamazoo$252K
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.