David Sobel, MD
Urology · Portland, MENPI 1881011872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $54,798 of the $58,280 with a category attached, or 94.0%. Boston Scientific accounts for 60.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,059, more than ten times the $47 reported in 2019. Among urology clinicians in ME with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 96 payments — averaging $607.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$35K
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$18K
- Ambu A/s$3K
- Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH$2K
- Axonics, Inc.$235
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$156
- plus $395 from 6 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $8700.00 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.
- Boston Scientific$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$54,79894%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2250%
- Travel & lodging$1,6923%
- Food & beverage$1,4663%
- Education$1000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 44 | $35,059 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 30 | $17,566 |
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $2,557 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 4 | $2,313 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 6 | $235 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $156 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
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.
- GENERAL KIDNEY STONE DISEASE$12,195
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$4,775
- Soltive$4,275
- Moses 550 D\F\L$3,540
- LithoVue$1,305
- Olympus$1,076
- AquaBeam Robotic System$156
- Axonics$109
- Bulkamid$109
How this compares
$58,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 59 urology providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 14 | $7,198 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 22 | $1,911 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 95 | $1,115 |
| Finasteride | 78 | $860 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 18 | $310 |
| Chlorthalidone | 12 | $82 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 22 | $65 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 31 | $34 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 14 | $34 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $71 | $7,19814 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 95th percentile of 59 urology providers in Maine.
Other urology in Portland
- Marc HodroffPortland$17K
- Gabriel BelangerPortland$2K
- Gregory AdeyPortland$2K
- Benjamin ScollPortland$784
- Griffith BatstoneFarmington$123K
- Evan DunnLewiston$9K
- Robert FisherRockport$9K
- Christopher HenryLewiston$6K
- Jesse SammonSouth Portland$6K
- Sanchita BoseSouth Portland$6K
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.