RxDoctor Payments Data

Claire Cogsdale

Surgical · Newport News, VANPI 1134718703

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,060 of the $4,629 with a category attached, or 66.1%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 51.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,894 and has fallen 91.0% since, to $260 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$4,629in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 144 payments — averaging $32.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$2K
  • Stryker$1K
  • Abbott$620
  • Medtronic$341
  • Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$85
  • Si-bone, Inc.$70
  • plus $103 from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,56934%
  • Food & beverage$3,06066%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boston Scientific28$2,377
Stryker63$1,033
Abbott35$620
Medtronic6$341
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.3$85
Si-bone, Inc.3$70
Globus Medical3$51
Nevro Corp.2$40
Amgen1$12

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

$4,629 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 201 surgical providers in Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$47,373
Medicare patients
214
Services billed
465

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Pregabalin70$1,580
Gabapentin141$949
Topiramate75$732
Methylprednisolone37$224
Diclofenac Sodium18$186
Oxycodone Hcl39$125
Naproxen18$118
Duloxetine Hcl12$100
Meloxicam34$89
Methocarbamol23$46
Tramadol Hcl14$38
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl15$35

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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