James Gutierrez, MD
Neurology · Tacoma, WANPI 1205271442
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 99 payments — averaging $24.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$542
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$334
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$195
- CSL Behring$116
- Johnson & Johnson$112
- Novartis$108
- plus $985 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,393100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 15 | $542 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 14 | $334 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 13 | $195 |
| CSL Behring | 5 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $112 |
| Novartis | 5 | $108 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $88 |
| Abbott | 2 | $86 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $64 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $58 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $26 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- BOTOX$135
How this compares
$2,393 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 418 neurology providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-50 | 24 | $66,682 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 16 | $11,635 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 13 | $7,331 |
| Gabapentin | 164 | $4,089 |
| Carbamazepine | 41 | $1,747 |
| Pregabalin | 67 | $1,104 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 15 | $1,101 |
| Memantine Hcl | 61 | $1,054 |
| Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl | 12 | $915 |
| Levetiracetam | 27 | $850 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 23 | $819 |
| Pyridostigmine Bromide | 17 | $790 |
| Simvastatin | 12 | $726 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 63 | $523 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 12 | $414 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Tacoma
- Stacy DonlonTacoma$1.7M
- Patrick HoganTacoma$1.1M
- John HuddlestoneTacoma$379K
- Jason AldredSpokane$9.5M
- David GreeleySpokane$8.5M
- Pinky AgarwalKirkland$5.4M
- Pavle RepovicSeattle$4.8M
- James BowenKirkland$2.3M
- Michael RosenbloomSeattle$1.8M
- Daniel BurdickKirkland$1M
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.