James Figge, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Fort Myers, FLNPI 1649314899
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 345 payments — averaging $17.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$714
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$474
- Insulet Corporation$416
- Novo Nordisk$406
- Dexcom, Inc.$380
- Boehringer Ingelheim$372
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,03597%
- Education$962%
- Gifts$591%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 47 | $714 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 28 | $474 |
| Insulet Corporation | 28 | $416 |
| Novo Nordisk | 25 | $406 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 20 | $380 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 23 | $372 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $298 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 14 | $282 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 8 | $263 |
| Bayer | 14 | $252 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $249 |
| Abbott | 12 | $240 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $231 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $186 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 6 | $177 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 4 | $158 |
| Merck | 10 | $153 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 7 | $132 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $82 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $77 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Renalytix AI, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Embecta Corp. | 2 | $35 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $25 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Halozyme Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 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
$6,191 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 586 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 289 | $393,402 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 188 | $269,521 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 134 | $184,161 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 70 | $79,817 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 45 | $48,005 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 43 | $32,151 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 17 | $26,074 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 38 | $25,273 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 21 | $21,389 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 12 | $20,171 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 23 | $17,484 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 11 | $16,364 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 357 | $15,144 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 90 | $13,961 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 38 | $12,064 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog | $714 | $586,538452 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Novolog | $406 | $274,860202 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $372 | $79,81770 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $153 | $26,07417 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $186 | $21,38921 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $249 | $20,17112 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $77 | $15,144357 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $298 | $6,98881 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $474 | $1,94519 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 55th percentile of 586 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Florida.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Fort Myers
- Richard PratleyOrlando$9.2M
- Jose MandryOcoee$9.1M
- Steven SmithOrlando$7.9M
- Barry HorowitzWest Palm Beach$7.1M
- Tina ThethiOrlando$3.8M
- David SuttonJacksonville$3.1M
- Lorena Lewy-AlterbaumHollywood$3.1M
- Mae Sheikh AliJacksonville$2.9M
- James MageeJacksonville$2.7M
- Rodolfo GalindoMiami$2.5M
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.