Linsey Spence, DO
Gastroenterology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1447660840
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 28 payments — averaging $142.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$175
- Pfizer$114
- Olympus America Inc.$33
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$18
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,27132%
- Travel & lodging$1,53438%
- Food & beverage$1,19130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $1,912 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,727 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 3 | $175 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $114 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
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
$3,996 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GattexTeduglutide | 90 | $4,167,311 |
| MytesiCrofelemer | 17 | $41,490 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 32 | $22,286 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 13 | $7,376 |
| PlenvuPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 48 | $6,945 |
| Lansoprazole | 12 | $4,545 |
| Lactated RingersRinger's Solution,lactated | 61 | $4,333 |
| SuflavePeg 3350/Sod Sulf,chlr/Pot/Mag | 34 | $4,266 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 18 | $3,411 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 48 | $3,280 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 80 | $2,655 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 15 | $2,529 |
| Famotidine | 61 | $2,461 |
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 32 | $1,652 |
| Sucralfate | 22 | $1,538 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gattex, Motegrity | $1,912 | $4,189,597122 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance, Plenvu | $18 | $14,32161 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 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Charlotte
- Fred FowlerCharlotte$1.2M
- Nilesh LodhiaCharlotte$1.2M
- Stephen DealCharlotte$945K
- John HansonCharlotte$885K
- David SmithCharlotte$489K
- Ronnie CyznerCharlotte$481K
- Jason WilsonCharlotte$464K
- Christopher FerrisCharlotte$352K
- Sanjib MohantyCharlotte$302K
- John RoddeyCharlotte$240K
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.