Kupper Wintergerst
Pediatric Endocrinology · Louisville, KYNPI 1124159009
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,324 payments — averaging $1360.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mannkind Corporation$860K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$412K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$282K
- Novo Nordisk AS$85K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$65K
- Dompe Farmaceutici S.p.a.$48K
- plus $48K from 15 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $145.27 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$2K
- Mannkind Corporation$561
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$82,97027%
- Speaking & faculty fees$201,52864%
- Travel & lodging$21,0027%
- Food & beverage$7,3612%
- Education$1940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mannkind Corporation | 110 | $860,112 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $412,126 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 174 | $282,335 |
| Novo Nordisk AS | 916 | $85,182 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg | 28 | $65,475 |
| Dompe Farmaceutici S.p.a. | 15 | $48,399 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $25,873 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim France S.a.s. | 24 | $11,977 |
| Merck | 10 | $3,724 |
| Sandoz | 3 | $2,700 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $1,008 |
| Bayer | 1 | $914 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $794 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 4 | $331 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $124 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $112 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $106 |
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.
- TZIELD$234,150
- TOUJEO$18,837
- AFREZZA$1,900
- Vitrakvi$914
- Wegovy$266
- t-slim insulin pump$139
- CRENESSITY$131
- NEXLIZET$125
- NEXLETOL$125
- Yorvipath$125
- FreeStyle Libre$124
- CRYSVITA$120
- MINIMED 780G$106
- Sogroya$102
How this compares
Too few pediatric endocrinology providers in Kentuckyto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other pediatric endocrinology in Louisville
- Catalina Cabrera-SalcedoLouisville$106K
- Lisal FolsomLouisville$16K
- Sara WatsonLouisville$12K
- Susan RaghavanLouisville$864
- Bradly ThrasherLouisville$478
- Michael FosterLouisville$337
- Adetokunbo OmoruyiLouisville$114
- Megan CoriellLouisville$100
- Aurelia WoodLouisville$13
- Kathryn ThrailkillLexington$92K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.