RxDoctor Payments Data

Deirdre Bastible, MD

Internal Medicine · Cheektowaga, NYNPI 1821091794

Payments from drug & device makers

$18,781in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,182 payments — averaging $15.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • GSK$1K
  • plus $10K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$18,49798%
  • Education$2832%

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
Boehringer Ingelheim109$1,876
AbbVie(2 entities)104$1,820
Lilly USA, LLC89$1,418
Novo Nordisk109$1,395
AstraZeneca66$1,392
GSK106$1,176
Pfizer74$967
Amgen60$947
Astellas Pharma US Inc49$918
Merck34$525
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC31$508
Amarin Pharma, Inc.34$500
Johnson & Johnson28$474
Exact Sciences22$429
Novartis28$412
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.20$398
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.32$397
Mannkind Corporation12$291
Bayer13$271
Corcept Therapeutics13$226
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.18$208
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC11$175
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC9$163
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.10$152
Eisai Inc.9$130
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.6$119
Abbott6$106
Gilead7$99
Bausch Health US, LLC5$85
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.6$78
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.3$78
Grifols USA, LLC5$76
Insulet Corporation4$76
Vistapharm, Inc.4$72
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$64
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC3$58
Baxter Healthcare1$54
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$51
VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc.2$51
Genentech USA, Inc.3$48
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.2$47
Shield Therapeutics Inc3$46
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC2$44
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$43
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$41
Dermira, Inc.2$35
Dexcom, Inc.2$33
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$31
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$24
Seqirus USA Inc1$24
Edwards Lifesciences1$20
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$20
Boston Scientific1$20
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$17
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$16
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$15
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$13
Optinose US, 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.

How this compares

$18,781 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$39,508
Medicare patients
165
Services billed
409

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
JardianceEmpagliflozin113$134,990
EliquisApixaban137$127,617
TrulicityDulaglutide98$100,392
MounjaroTirzepatide64$71,203
OzempicSemaglutide48$49,187
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate46$47,617
MyrbetriqMirabegron53$42,451
Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog47$39,091
XareltoRivaroxaban44$38,248
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter35$34,413
NucyntaTapentadol Hcl22$34,391
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol27$28,364
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium270$28,219
Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres15$17,484
Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog23$15,913

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$1,418$171,595162 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$1,876$148,887128 claims
PfizerEliquis$967$127,617137 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$1,395$49,18748 claims
MerckJanuvia$525$47,61746 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$918$42,45153 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$1,176$40,75748 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$474$38,24844 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,392$28,36427 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$1,820$28,219270 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix$397$13,05018 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium$44$11,449591 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 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.

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