RxDoctor Payments Data

Ingrid Hsiung

Plano, TXNPI 1427571819

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — grants (48.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 66.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $21,963 and has fallen 71.5% since, to $6,261 in 2025.

$30,896in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 224 payments — averaging $137.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$21K
  • Medtronic$4K
  • Boston Scientific$3K
  • Philips North America LLC$1K
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$767
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$125
  • plus $280 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Grants$15,00049%
  • Travel & lodging$7,21423%
  • Food & beverage$8,09726%
  • Education$5852%

General payments by program year

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23
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25

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.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate21$351

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Where these figures come from

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