Cheryl Trager, PA
Medical · Smithfield, RINPI 1003873001
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 58 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $397 and has fallen 58.3% since, to $166 in 2025.
Across 58 payments — averaging $22.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$368
- Pfizer$169
- AstraZeneca$110
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$90
- Genentech USA, Inc.$85
- GSK$78
- plus $419 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,319100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 9 | $368 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $169 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $110 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $85 |
| GSK | 4 | $78 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $75 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $68 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $41 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $41 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
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
$1,319 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 77 medical providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 159 | $1,636 |
| Ofloxacin | 35 | $925 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 36 | $886 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 45 | $782 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 47 | $611 |
| Prednisone | 226 | $448 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $426 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 29 | $347 |
| Cefdinir | 14 | $284 |
| Azithromycin | 55 | $219 |
| Mupirocin | 19 | $180 |
| Ibuprofen | 36 | $175 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 34 | $173 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $133 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 19 | $119 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerPaxlovid | $169 | $032 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 70th percentile of 77 medical providers in Rhode Island.
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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.