Gregor Blix
Urology · Kalamazoo, MINPI 1285672493
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $12,848 of the $15,297 with a category attached, or 84.0%. Medtronic accounts for 84.0% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,040 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $182 in 2023.
Across 96 payments — averaging $159.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Boston Scientific$927
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$448
- AbbVie$304
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$103
- Johnson & Johnson$89
- plus $579 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$12,84884%
- Travel & lodging$6544%
- Food & beverage$1,61611%
- Education$1791%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 1 | $12,848 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $927 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 21 | $448 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $304 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $89 |
| Merck | 4 | $78 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $63 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $41 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Curium US LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $13 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bayer | 1 | $12 |
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
$15,297 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 400 urology providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 78 | $1,392 |
| Finasteride | 23 | $275 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Kalamazoo
- Ashok ReddySterling Heights$4.9M
- William RobertsAnn Arbor$973K
- Kenneth KernenTroy$910K
- William JohnstonLivonia$675K
- Jason HafronWest Bloomfield$490K
- Khurshid GhaniAnn Arbor$413K
- Richard BennettRoyal Oak$361K
- Ryan NelsonUtica$296K
- Casey DauwAnn Arbor$188K
- Aram LoebDetroit$112K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.