Ethan Meltzer, MD
Neurology · Austin, TXNPI 1467865790
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $31,833 of the $42,365 with a category attached, or 75.1%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 32.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,158 and has fallen 98.6% since, to $241 in 2025. Among neurology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 75 payments — averaging $564.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$14K
- Biogen$8K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$8K
- TG Therapeutics, Inc.$6K
- Novartis$4K
- Amgen$2K
- plus $414 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,83375%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,70011%
- Travel & lodging$2,6506%
- Food & beverage$3,0737%
- Education$1100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 16 | $13,885 |
| Biogen | 14 | $8,291 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $7,981 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 16 | $5,606 |
| Novartis | 11 | $4,439 |
| Amgen | 1 | $1,750 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 6 | $368 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
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.
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$10,824
- TYSABRI$7,924
- OCREVUS$7,898
- TECFIDERA$7,774
- BRIUMVI$5,100
- DISEASE STATE$2,492
- MAYZENT$2,475
- UPLIZNA$1,750
- KESIMPTA$958
How this compares
$42,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,246 neurology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 27 | $224,341 |
| CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate | 26 | $149,198 |
| Plegridy PenPeginterferon Beta-1a | 15 | $121,167 |
| GlatopaGlatiramer Acetate | 12 | $73,486 |
| Dalfampridine ErDalfampridine | 30 | $39,944 |
| Modafinil | 14 | $1,913 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $963 |
| Baclofen | 48 | $951 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 17 | $621 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 24 | $600 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $503 |
| Levetiracetam | 19 | $350 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $323 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 12 | $244 |
| Clonazepam | 28 | $138 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Austin
- Elliot FrohmanAustin$381K
- Krishna PokalaAustin$143K
- Subhashie SarathkumaraAustin$129K
- David MorledgeAustin$128K
- Stephanie VertreesAustin$119K
- Ann BassSan Antonio$1.7M
- William OndoHouston$1.4M
- Nirav PavasiaDallas$1.4M
- Mirla AvilaLubbock$1.3M
- Michael SoileauGeorgetown$1.2M
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.