Jennifer Bepple
Urology · Columbia, MDNPI 1104087584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,975 of the $2,924 with a category attached, or 67.6%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 28.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,354 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $34 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $4,190.
Across 104 payments — averaging $28.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$821
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$344
- AbbVie$307
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$233
- Coloplast$209
- Pfizer$177
- plus $834 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$78827%
- Food & beverage$1,97568%
- Education$1616%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 3 | $821 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 20 | $344 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $307 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $233 |
| Coloplast | 10 | $209 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $177 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $160 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $95 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $70 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $68 |
| Bayer | 2 | $68 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| Dentsply IH Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Dentsply IH AB | 2 | $34 |
| Renovia Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, 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.
- INTERSTIM$788
How this compares
$2,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 274 urology providers in Maryland.
Other urology in Columbia
- David FenigColumbia$26K
- Frank NezuColumbia$15K
- Nathaly FrancoisColumbia$12K
- Matthew AllawayCumberland$20.6M
- Benjamin LowentrittBaltimore$549K
- Julio DavalosGlen Burnie$490K
- Sankar KausikBel Air$375K
- Laura GiustoOwings Mills$367K
- Amin HeratiBaltimore$160K
- Rian DicksteinHanover$144K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.