Christina Leyson, MD
Gastroenterology · Lexington, KYNPI 1063650604
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sirtex Medical Inc at 41.3% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $3,388.
Across 13 payments — averaging $242.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sirtex Medical Inc$1K
- Novo Nordisk AS$1K
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$339
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$322
- Novo Nordisk$125
- AbbVie$19
Across 85 payments — averaging $633.75 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.
- Novo Nordisk AS$54K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,30041%
- Travel & lodging$1,04433%
- Food & beverage$80526%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $1,300 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 3 | $1,044 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $339 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 4 | $322 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
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.
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$1,300
- TERLIVAZ$271
- REZDIFFRA$218
How this compares
$3,149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 207 gastroenterology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 191 | $576,164 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 20 | $37,830 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 11 | $19,369 |
| Everolimus | 14 | $14,449 |
| Envarsus XrTacrolimus | 19 | $13,680 |
| Tacrolimus | 128 | $11,934 |
| Ursodiol | 46 | $6,793 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 83 | $5,802 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 17 | $3,870 |
| Lactulose | 47 | $3,190 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 16 | $1,566 |
| Entecavir | 13 | $1,054 |
| Spironolactone | 71 | $765 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 19 | $652 |
| Bumetanide | 19 | $411 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Lexington
- Terrence BarrettLexington$57K
- An-Yu ChenLexington$25K
- Kathleen MartinLexington$23K
- Gregory WoolfolkLexington$19K
- Matthew AshmunLexington$19K
- Deborah FlomenhoftLexington$18K
- Scott MerkleyLexington$18K
- James PezziLexington$15K
- Adalberto CastellanosLexington$13K
- June YongLexington$12K
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.