Jason Melear, MD
Medical Oncology · Austin, TXNPI 1902849805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $191,481 of the $229,323 with a category attached, or 83.5%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 68.9% of it on its own, with 47 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among medical oncology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 328 payments — averaging $699.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$158K
- AstraZeneca$49K
- Epizyme, Inc.$4K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$3K
- Seagen Inc.$3K
- Novartis$2K
- plus $10K from 42 others
Across 2,622 payments — averaging $5287.35 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Amgen$4.1M
- Seagen Inc.$1.6M
- Genentech, Inc.$1.5M
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1.3M
- Bristol Myers Squibb$1.1M
- Novartis$938K
- plus $3.3M from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,0038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$191,48183%
- Travel & lodging$9,8144%
- Food & beverage$8,7294%
- Education$2960%
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.
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
$229,323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 495 medical oncology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 111 | $1,920,991 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 75 | $1,028,186 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 55 | $750,134 |
| PomalystPomalidomide | 32 | $715,447 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 38 | $464,743 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 27 | $421,167 |
| OjjaaraMomelotinib Dihydrochloride | 13 | $368,636 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 19 | $262,315 |
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 11 | $164,726 |
| Lenalidomide | 11 | $156,440 |
| JaypircaPirtobrutinib | 13 | $144,068 |
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $37,400 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $30,593 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $12,970 |
| Hydroxyurea | 101 | $2,349 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $105 | $1,920,991111 claims |
| Beigene USA, Inc.Brukinsa | $1,099 | $1,028,18675 claims |
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $49,429 | $750,13455 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Pomalyst | $215 | $715,44732 claims |
| AbbVieVenclexta | $1,493 | $464,74338 claims |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica | $37 | $421,16727 claims |
| GSKOjjaara | $170 | $368,63613 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCVerzenio, Jaypirca | $133 | $308,79424 claims |
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $178 | $262,31519 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $224 | $37,40049 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $158,026 | $30,59332 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 90th percentile of 495 medical oncology providers in Texas.
Other medical oncology in Austin
- Sue EckhardtAustin$1.5M
- Miguel AlbinoAustin$322K
- Andrew BrennerAustin$125K
- Moshe LevyDallas$5.1M
- Suresh RatnamMcAllen$3M
- Roy HerbstHouston$1.9M
- Andrew WhiteleyDallas$1.7M
- Eric NadlerDallas$1.6M
- Vijay GunugantiSan Antonio$1.5M
- Joyce O'ShaughnessyDallas$1.3M
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.