David Sokolowski, MD
Family Medicine · Kearney, NENPI 1083798870
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 224 payments — averaging $17.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$867
- Novo Nordisk$498
- AstraZeneca$342
- Amgen$325
- Johnson & Johnson$276
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$250
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,014100%
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(2 entities) | 50 | $867 |
| Novo Nordisk | 36 | $498 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $342 |
| Amgen | 23 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 22 | $276 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Abbott | 4 | $167 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $148 |
| GSK | 11 | $138 |
| Organon | 5 | $102 |
| Novartis | 7 | $97 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $88 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $78 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $64 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $52 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $44 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $42 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biogen | 1 | $13 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- FARXIGA$299
- SYMBICORT$299
- VOWST$250
- BYDUREON$168
- BEVESPI AEROSPHERE$131
- BREZTRI AEROSPHERE$131
- QULIPTA$125
- VRAYLAR$125
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$107
How this compares
$4,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 981 family medicine providers in Nebraska.
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 | 104 | $68,523 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 55 | $57,620 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 48 | $53,264 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 76 | $52,920 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 17 | $34,411 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $31,271 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $29,538 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $28,885 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 37 | $25,720 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 30 | $15,037 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 16 | $13,477 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 24 | $13,154 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $8,039 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $7,666 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 657 | $5,764 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $498 | $87,67565 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $52 | $68,523104 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $88 | $57,62055 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Bevespi Aerosphere | $342 | $57,36587 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Shingrix | $138 | $52,54199 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $276 | $31,27131 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $97 | $29,53835 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $78 | $28,88527 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $867 | $13,15424 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 85th percentile of 981 family medicine providers in Nebraska.
Other family medicine in Kearney
- Brandon EssinkCreighton$92.8M
- Adam BroszGrand Island$60M
- David EnszSouth Sioux City$33.3M
- Allen HuntLincoln$17.2M
- Thomas WolfFremont$8.2M
- William FitzgibbonsElkhorn$7M
- Kenneth BladOmaha$1.6M
- Lorrie McGillPapillion$1.5M
- Ralph HaukeOmaha$657K
- Darin GregoryOmaha$423K
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.