Joseph Ellen, MD
Urology · Richmond, VANPI 1336378173
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 166 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 25.1% of the total.
Across 166 payments — averaging $22.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$948
- AbbVie$525
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$292
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$246
- Pfizer$227
- Coloplast$226
- plus $1K from 24 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $61,835 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.
- IBSA Institut Biochimique SA$124K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,774100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 56 | $948 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $525 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 10 | $292 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 10 | $246 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $227 |
| Coloplast | 10 | $226 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $197 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $137 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $115 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Amgen | 4 | $65 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 4 | $62 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $54 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Bioprotect Medical, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Novartis | 2 | $39 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Bayer | 1 | $29 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $14 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $14 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- CVAC Aspiration System$147
- SpaceOAR VUE System - 10mL$141
- TITAN$107
- XIAFLEX$101
How this compares
$3,774 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 300 urology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 18 | $12,426 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 678 | $9,637 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 129 | $6,395 |
| Finasteride | 409 | $4,704 |
| Tadalafil | 29 | $3,384 |
| Testosterone | 33 | $2,145 |
| Trospium Chloride | 16 | $1,667 |
| ClomidClomiphene Citrate | 12 | $1,484 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 83 | $1,331 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 48 | $1,064 |
| Silodosin | 13 | $998 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 19 | $566 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 25 | $482 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 11 | $384 |
| Dutasteride | 24 | $298 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $42 | $12,42618 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 300 urology providers in Virginia.
Other urology in Richmond
- Lonny GreenRichmond$59K
- Anthony SliwinskiRichmond$47K
- Blake MooreRichmond$42K
- John DelisioRichmond$39K
- Kinloch NelsonRichmond$25K
- Charles SeaburyRichmond$24K
- Jeffrey LouRichmond$24K
- David MillerRichmond$20K
- James RatliffRichmond$19K
- Andrew ColhounRichmond$19K
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.