Eric Frizzell, MD
Gastroenterology · Pinehurst, NCNPI 1144284803
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 291 payments — averaging $67.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$13K
- AbbVie$2K
- Steris Corporation$579
- Sanofi$359
- Pfizer$317
- Johnson & Johnson$298
- plus $3K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,25022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,93025%
- Travel & lodging$2,67514%
- Food & beverage$7,86340%
- Education$220%
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 | 51 | $13,476 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 75 | $1,555 |
| Steris Corporation | 4 | $579 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $359 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $317 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $298 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 17 | $272 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $250 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $241 |
| Gilead | 8 | $235 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 12 | $208 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $202 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 9 | $155 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Merck | 5 | $113 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 6 | $107 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $94 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $73 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 3 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $69 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Amgen | 3 | $57 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Organon | 1 | $26 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- EXALT Model D$5,149
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$4,507
- ORISE$1,094
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$419
- TRUFREEZE$318
- ZEPOSIA$250
- SPYGLASS$235
- Rotatable Snare$148
- EXALT$131
- VOQUEZNA$128
- DUPIXENT$125
- Skyrizi$124
- Rinvoq$124
- NA$119
- Epclusa$114
- UROPASS II, 6.0 X 26 CM WO/GW$113
- AXIOS$104
How this compares
$19,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 | 20 | $37,641 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $9,488 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 26 | $7,506 |
| Omeprazole | 211 | $3,423 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 54 | $3,122 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 128 | $3,014 |
| Ursodiol | 16 | $2,386 |
| Rabeprazole Sodium | 24 | $2,281 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 31 | $2,262 |
| Sucralfate | 51 | $1,692 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 54 | $779 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 22 | $440 |
| Mirtazapine | 13 | $401 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 13 | $300 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 13 | $222 |
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 | $1,555 | $47,12932 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 80th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Pinehurst
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$11.2M
- Andrew MuirDurham$6.6M
- Manal AbdelmalekDurham$5.6M
- Robert ReindollarSalisbury$2.5M
- John PoulosFayetteville$2.1M
- Hans HerfarthChapel Hill$2M
- Herbert BonkovskyWinston Salem$1.7M
- Ikechukwu IbegbuJacksonville$1.5M
- Nicholas ShaheenChapel Hill$1.5M
- David LeimanDurham$1.5M
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.