Christlieb Gardiner
Medical · Abilene, KSNPI 1891763942
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.4% of the total across 140 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,500 and has fallen 91.2% since, to $132 in 2024.
Across 140 payments — averaging $17.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$407
- Novo Nordisk$284
- Amgen$245
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$206
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$171
- AbbVie$171
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,33993%
- Education$1657%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $407 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $284 |
| Amgen | 9 | $245 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $206 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $171 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $171 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $163 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $89 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $79 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $60 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $57 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $52 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $40 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $30 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EVENITY$118
How this compares
$2,504 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 205 medical providers in Kansas.
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 | 16 | $17,343 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 11 | $8,729 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $6,137 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $2,723 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 34 | $1,511 |
| Omeprazole | 101 | $1,184 |
| Potassium Chloride | 44 | $1,023 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $947 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 21 | $809 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 56 | $770 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 68 | $761 |
| Lisinopril | 100 | $708 |
| Simvastatin | 91 | $675 |
| Gabapentin | 48 | $657 |
| Losartan Potassium | 70 | $582 |
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 | $40 | $17,34316 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $15 | $8,72911 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 75th percentile of 205 medical providers in Kansas.
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- Anita KishOlathe$58K
- Kathryn WelchWichita$32K
- Courtney SteneOverland Park$22K
- Janella DewittOverland Park$19K
- Walter DeanMission$16K
- Jason MengesWichita$15K
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.