RxDoctor Payments Data

Deepak Baskaran, MD

Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1730135278

Payments from drug & device makers

$23,431in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,229 payments — averaging $19.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • GSK$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • plus $13K from 49 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$23,21499%
  • Education$2181%

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

19
20
21
22
23
24
25

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
Novo Nordisk126$2,382
AstraZeneca104$2,061
AbbVie(2 entities)135$1,939
GSK67$1,631
Lilly USA, LLC82$1,466
Johnson & Johnson54$1,409
Boehringer Ingelheim65$1,293
Pfizer61$1,014
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC49$865
Novartis37$832
Amgen46$746
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.45$659
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.23$609
Bayer25$547
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.17$451
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.25$390
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC30$374
Merck29$368
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.18$368
Urovant Sciences Inc6$345
Gilead8$345
Astellas Pharma US Inc14$332
Exact Sciences15$318
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$292
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$275
Amarin Pharma, Inc.10$164
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.9$159
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.6$158
Eisai Inc.9$141
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.10$139
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.7$123
Abbott7$123
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.8$119
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc7$116
Dexcom, Inc.5$100
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.5$94
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$84
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)5$78
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.4$61
Viiv Healthcare Company2$51
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$50
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$46
Almatica Pharma LLC2$45
UCB, Inc.2$44
Corcept Therapeutics2$37
Vifor Pharma, Inc.2$32
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.1$22
Tactile Systems Technology Inc1$22
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.1$22
Verona Pharma, Inc.1$20
Nevro Corp.1$19
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.1$16
Medtronic1$14
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc1$12
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$11

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

$23,431 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.

See all internal medicine providers in Maryland

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$190,136
Medicare patients
465
Services billed
2,434

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
OzempicSemaglutide89$149,542
TrulicityDulaglutide127$147,997
EliquisApixaban162$126,685
JardianceEmpagliflozin151$118,847
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate99$92,125
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter100$84,273
XareltoRivaroxaban38$45,989
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan46$44,466
MounjaroTirzepatide24$38,676
LinzessLinaclotide58$35,085
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol63$29,275
MyrbetriqMirabegron41$27,195
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol26$26,409
Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr39$20,418
TradjentaLinagliptin15$15,626

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Olanzapine$1,466$191,317206 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$2,382$149,54289 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta$1,631$146,910241 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$1,293$134,472166 claims
PfizerEliquis$1,014$126,685162 claims
MerckJanuvia, Janumet$368$107,540110 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$1,409$45,98938 claims
NovartisEntresto$832$44,46646 claims
AbbVieLinzess$1,939$35,08558 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$2,061$33,70538 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$332$27,19541 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 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.

Other internal medicine in Baltimore

See the full list for Maryland

Where these figures come from

Is this you, or does something look wrong? →