John Strouse, MD
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology · Durham, NCNPI 1538161245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $14,153 of the $18,366 with a category attached, or 77.1%. Octapharma USA, Inc. accounts for 92.0% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 11 payments — averaging $1669.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$17K
- Biocodex, Inc.$700
- CSL Behring$599
- Novo Nordisk$125
- Pfizer$40
Across 132 payments — averaging $2460.32 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.
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$234K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$84K
- CSL Behring$5K
- Shire North American Group Inc$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00016%
- Travel & lodging$14,15377%
- Food & beverage$5133%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 5 | $16,902 |
| Biocodex, Inc. | 1 | $700 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $599 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $40 |
How this compares
$18,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 57 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ferriprox (2 Times A Day)Deferiprone | 26 | $712,035 |
| OxbrytaVoxelotor | 12 | $143,344 |
| EliquisApixaban | 22 | $23,894 |
| Hydroxyurea | 200 | $6,269 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 27 | $886 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 55 | $710 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 21 | $518 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $393 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 19 | $278 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $251 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $40 | $23,89422 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 75th percentile of 57 pediatric hematology-oncology providers in North Carolina.
Other pediatric hematology-oncology in Durham
- Joanne KurtzbergDurham$72K
- Kris MahadeoDurham$67K
- Jennifer RothmanDurham$42K
- Jennifer JaroscakDurham$22K
- Paul SzabolcsDurham$14K
- Cassandra MoranDurham$14K
- Timothy DriscollDurham$9K
- Susan KreissmanDurham$7K
- Juhi JainDurham$4K
- Andrea BauchatDurham$558
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.