John Brunner, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Traverse City, MINPI 1245236793
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 212 payments — averaging $15.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$421
- Amgen$245
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$231
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.$219
- AstraZeneca$213
- Lilly USA, LLC$190
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,16799%
- Education$261%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 31 | $421 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 13 | $245 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 16 | $231 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 16 | $219 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 15 | $213 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $190 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 11 | $143 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $122 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $100 |
| Insulet Corporation | 6 | $89 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $78 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Abbott | 4 | $77 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $75 |
| BD | 4 | $63 |
| Bayer | 3 | $61 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 4 | $57 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 2 | $49 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $47 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Halozyme Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $31 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,193 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 219 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Michigan.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 56 | $49,326 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 34 | $39,109 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 25 | $33,658 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 24 | $32,707 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 15 | $31,526 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 20 | $29,108 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $28,392 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 37 | $14,553 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $9,762 |
| HumalogInsulin Lispro | 23 | $8,266 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 32 | $8,113 |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 13 | $7,078 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 33 | $6,549 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 19 | $5,717 |
| NovologInsulin Aspart | 16 | $5,677 |
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, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Humalog | $190 | $73,45063 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $78 | $49,32656 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Novolog | $421 | $44,78750 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $213 | $28,39220 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $38 | $1,85822 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 219 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Michigan.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Traverse City
- Tobias ElseAnn Arbor$3.5M
- Elif OralAnn Arbor$2.9M
- Jamal HammoudFlint$2.6M
- Lowell SchmeltzFarmington Hills$2.3M
- George GrunbergerBloomfield Hills$1.9M
- Richard AuchusAnn Arbor$1.3M
- Ariel BarkanAnn Arbor$553K
- Gary EdelsonFarmington Hills$503K
- Michael BrennanSaint Clair Shores$433K
- Abdulsalam Al KassabRochester Hills$351K
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.