John Fordtran
Gastroenterology · Dallas, TXNPI 1639386550
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $9,871,509 of the $9,871,509 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Braintree Laboratories, Inc. accounts for 78.2% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,700,445 and has fallen 73.2% since, to $723,005 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 86 payments — averaging $114,785 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$7.7M
- Affordable Pharmaceuticals, LLC$2.1M
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$9,871,509100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 57 | $7,722,876 |
| Affordable Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 29 | $2,148,633 |
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.
- GOLYTELY$7,851,171
- NULYTELY WITH FLAVOR PACKS$1,193,613
- SUPREP BOWEL PREP$1,193,613
- PEG-3350 AND ELECTROLYTES$272,757
- PEG-3350, SODIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BICARBONATE AND POTASSIUM CHLORIDE$14,263
How this compares
$9,871,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other gastroenterology in Dallas
- Michael BrownDallas$5.5M
- Parvez MantryDallas$958K
- Jay HortonDallas$326K
- Jacqueline O LearyDallas$157K
- Sami ArslanlarDallas$142K
- Amit DesaiDallas$71K
- Byron CryerDallas$68K
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$1.6M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$1.5M
- Stephen PappasHouston$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.