Douglas Pleskow, MD
Gastroenterology · Boston, MANPI 1891777660
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $86,550 of the $117,993 with a category attached, or 73.4%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 32.4% of the total. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MA 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 175 payments — averaging $674.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$38K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$28K
- Olympus Corporation$23K
- Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation$12K
- Medtronic$6K
- Fujifilm New Development USA, Inc.$4K
- plus $8K from 9 others
Across 42 payments — averaging $14,516 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$269K
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$223K
- Ninepoint Medical, Inc.$64K
- Covidien LP$53K
- US Endoscopy$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$86,55073%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,61918%
- Travel & lodging$4,5514%
- Food & beverage$5,2734%
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 | 66 | $38,227 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 55 | $28,261 |
| Olympus Corporation | 14 | $22,529 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 8 | $11,513 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $5,797 |
| Fujifilm New Development USA, Inc. | 3 | $3,600 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $3,232 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 6 | $3,105 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 2 | $1,538 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Gilead | 1 | $30 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
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 - THERAPIES$22,097
- ESD - Core Endoscopy$6,500
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$4,977
- EVIS EXERA III COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$2,397
- EXALT Model D$2,065
- SPYGLASS$2,064
- EVIS EXERA III DUODENOVIDEOSCOPE$615
- Core GI$450
- GENERAL - METAL STENTS - G.I.$425
- AXIOS$289
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$200
- FUJIFILM$188
- GI Genius$172
- GENERAL ENDOCHOICE$162
- EVIS EXERA lll COLONOVIDEOSCOPE$146
- ORISE$126
How this compares
$117,993 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 579 gastroenterology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 18 | $71,954 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 18 | $28,941 |
| Mesalamine | 40 | $28,677 |
| NexiumEsomeprazole Magnesium | 16 | $26,472 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 352 | $25,499 |
| PentasaMesalamine | 15 | $11,969 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 17 | $10,877 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 36 | $7,616 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 251 | $5,372 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 11 | $4,856 |
| Omeprazole | 190 | $4,216 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 22 | $4,090 |
| Sucralfate | 56 | $3,740 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 61 | $3,250 |
| Famotidine | 102 | $2,109 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $20 | $100,89536 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 579 gastroenterology providers in Massachusetts.
Other gastroenterology in Boston
- Hiroyuki AiharaBoston$728K
- Jessica AllegrettiBoston$696K
- John LeungBoston$682K
- Ramnik XavierBoston$567K
- Adam CheifetzBoston$512K
- Carlo TraversoBoston$447K
- Tyler BerzinBoston$215K
- Marvin RyouBoston$162K
- Nneka UfereBoston$153K
- Christopher ThompsonBoston$127K
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.