Eric Liu, MD
Surgical Oncology · Denver, CONPI 1174763031
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 53 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tersera Therapeutics LLC at 40.9% of the total. Among surgical oncology clinicians in CO 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 892 payments — averaging $592.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$216K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$78K
- AbbVie$65K
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$46K
- Advanced Accelerator Applications$36K
- Curium US LLC$22K
- plus $66K from 47 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$263,72050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$203,00338%
- Travel & lodging$34,0366%
- Food & beverage$23,4204%
- Gifts$6770%
- Other$3,9801%
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.
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.
- Xermelo$184,433
- SOMATULINE DEPOT$54,947
- Creon$52,997
- ZOLADEX$44,800
- Lutathera$36,032
- Detectnet$15,250
- ONIVYDE$13,849
- BYNFEZIA PEN$11,758
- Cabometyx$8,808
- SANDOSTATIN LAR$6,748
- Cu64 Dotatate$6,008
- Restrata Wound Matrix$5,454
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$4,283
- FLOSEAL$1,509
- FER, ST AIA-PACK$1,354
- SEPRAFILM$1,188
- AFINITOR$1,114
- Phasix Mesh$520
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$286
- Pipeline Products$250
How this compares
$528,835 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 25 surgical oncology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Somatuline DepotLanreotide Acetate | 47 | $500,159 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 69 | $277,149 |
| XermeloTelotristat Etiprate | 16 | $156,788 |
| Octreotide Acetate | 14 | $6,038 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 17 | $297 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 21 | $252 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $207 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, IncSomatuline Depot | $78,255 | $500,15947 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $64,814 | $277,14969 claims |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLCXermelo | $216,157 | $156,78816 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 25 surgical oncology providers in Colorado.
Other surgical oncology in Denver
- Kayla GriffithDenver$29K
- Shawn YoungDenver$10K
- Carlton BarnettDenver$9K
- Cameron Ward CokerDenver$2K
- Gerald HaaseDenver$338
- Camille StewartHighlands Ranch$27K
- Martin McCarterAurora$17K
- Blake BabcockParker$15K
- Travis MasonGreeley$8K
- Jodi WidnerHighlands Ranch$5K
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.