RxDoctor Payments Data

Jonathan Urbach, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1558718338

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 6 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 86.5% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $260 and has fallen 67.4% since, to $85 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $778.

$626in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 6 payments — averaging $104.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$542
  • Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$85
$315,932in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 13 payments — averaging $24,302 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.

  • Novartis$316K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$626100%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Abbott5$542
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.1$85

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

$626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 451 cardiovascular disease providers in Minnesota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$149,408
Medicare patients
917
Services billed
12,691

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban235$261,210
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab116$139,667
JardianceEmpagliflozin24$19,726
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol11$17,895
WegovySemaglutide11$14,428
Praluent PenAlirocumab22$13,935
XareltoRivaroxaban12$12,857
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl11$9,570
Metoprolol Succinate365$6,514
Rosuvastatin Calcium289$4,811
Ezetimibe108$2,398
Atorvastatin Calcium108$2,108
Carvedilol152$1,549
Losartan Potassium92$1,264
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate66$1,014

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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