RxDoctor Payments Data

Gonzalo Becerra

Family Medicine · Greenville, NCNPI 1750518106

Payments from drug & device makers

$14,146in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 959 payments — averaging $14.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Amgen$1K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Pfizer$704
  • Novartis$619
  • plus $7K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$14,099100%
  • Education$470%

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
Novo Nordisk137$1,822
Amgen(2 entities)111$1,310
AstraZeneca74$1,203
AbbVie(2 entities)101$1,182
Pfizer53$704
Novartis41$619
GSK44$610
Lilly USA, LLC42$595
Amarin Pharma, Inc.40$561
Boehringer Ingelheim25$444
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.25$390
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)29$328
Merck28$316
Abbott14$304
Preventric Diagnostics, Inc.1$274
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC12$235
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.16$211
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.10$203
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC11$188
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.11$175
Eisai Inc.12$172
Astellas Pharma US Inc9$165
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.10$162
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$145
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.9$138
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc7$124
Bayer6$120
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$119
Tolmar, Inc.5$113
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation5$96
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$87
Boston Scientific3$82
Antares Pharma, Inc.5$75
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA5$73
Abiomed1$59
Mylan Specialty L.p.4$57
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.3$51
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$48
Exact Sciences3$47
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.3$46
Dexcom, Inc.3$45
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$44
Lundbeck LLC2$44
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$43
Biogen2$40
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)2$32
Insulet Corporation2$31
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.1$29
Averitas Pharma Inc.1$27
Corium, LLC1$23
Genentech USA, Inc.1$21
Vifor Pharma, Inc.1$20
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC1$18
Seqirus USA Inc1$17
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC1$17
Medicure Pharma Inc.1$16
Phadia US Inc.1$15
Intra-sana Laboratories1$13

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

$14,146 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban82$76,426
JardianceEmpagliflozin55$73,397
RybelsusSemaglutide29$63,830
OzempicSemaglutide66$63,641
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab67$51,174
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter70$50,794
TrulicityDulaglutide31$32,621
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol21$23,582
LinzessLinaclotide15$21,442
XareltoRivaroxaban21$18,723
MounjaroTirzepatide17$18,129
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol27$16,256
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec13$14,624
Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide12$10,492
NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe12$9,494

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
Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic$1,822$127,47095 claims
PfizerEliquis$704$76,42682 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$444$73,39755 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$610$50,79470 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$595$50,75048 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$1,203$42,97859 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid$1,182$24,12241 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$328$18,72321 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33$188$10,49212 claims
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet$390$9,49412 claims
MerckBelsomra$316$4,92011 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 3,444 family medicine providers in North Carolina.

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