Joshua Aaron, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Elkton, MDNPI 1396703351
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,091 payments — averaging $113.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$56K
- AstraZeneca$43K
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$7K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$5K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
- plus $9K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,8204%
- Speaking & faculty fees$96,15478%
- Travel & lodging$1,4761%
- Food & beverage$20,31416%
- Education$9681%
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.
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.
- BREZTRI$33,393
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$32,919
- Yupelri$6,654
- BREZTRI AEROSPHERE$6,177
- FASENRA$1,769
- GLASSIA$1,620
- TEZSPIRE$1,052
- SYMBICORT$1,039
- AIRSUPRA$730
- BEVESPI AEROSPHERE$332
- Adempas$200
How this compares
$123,732 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 297 pulmonary disease providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GlassiaAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 46 | $600,527 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 590 | $524,918 |
| Aralast NpAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 25 | $276,078 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 18 | $236,635 |
| Prolastin CAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 18 | $221,746 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 208 | $169,736 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 207 | $131,704 |
| GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-50 | 13 | $105,914 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 147 | $79,522 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 112 | $60,734 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 85 | $55,278 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 105 | $45,314 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 42 | $30,770 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 90 | $28,953 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 830 | $28,079 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $55,632 | $732,7381,015 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Glassia | $2,317 | $600,52746 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Combivent Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $1,939 | $454,387352 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCProlastin C | $372 | $221,74618 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort, Bevespi Aerosphere | $43,257 | $210,806314 claims |
| Bio Products Laboratory USA, Inc.Gammaplex | $38 | $105,91413 claims |
| MerckDulera | $60 | $16,73347 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Qvar Redihaler | $31 | $6,33421 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $104 | $3,96812 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 85th percentile of 297 pulmonary disease providers in Maryland.
Other pulmonary disease in Elkton
- Richard BernsteinAnnapolis$5.7M
- Alan SchwartzBaltimore$1.6M
- Sonye DanoffBaltimore$1.5M
- Michael DrummondBaltimore$1.4M
- da Wei LiaoBethesda$1.3M
- Paul HassounBaltimore$1.3M
- Lonny YarmusBaltimore$1.2M
- Jonathan SevranskyBaltimore$971K
- Robert ChasseSalisbury$788K
- Robert WiseBaltimore$761K
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.