RxDoctor Payments Data

Luis Becerra-Cabal, MD

Neurology · Aventura, FLNPI 1164493649

Payments from drug & device makers

$20,856in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 852 payments — averaging $24.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • Pfizer$2K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • AstraZeneca$827
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$820
  • EMD Serono, Inc.$765
  • plus $11K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$1,5257%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1361%
  • Food & beverage$19,00191%
  • Education$1931%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)174$2,875
Pfizer42$2,291
UCB, Inc.52$1,734
AstraZeneca(2 entities)33$827
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.43$820
EMD Serono, Inc.23$765
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.42$741
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.20$725
Argenx US, Inc.29$657
MDD US Operations, LLC16$591
SK Life Science, Inc.23$567
Novartis25$487
Lundbeck LLC21$485
Biogen20$433
Eisai Inc.14$429
Amgen(2 entities)17$416
Lilly USA, LLC19$400
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)16$389
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.13$321
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.15$306
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc16$305
Abbott5$304
GE HealthCare15$284
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc14$273
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.15$264
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.11$250
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$233
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.6$224
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC10$204
Boston Scientific3$191
Sanofi11$185
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC8$149
Microvention, Inc.1$133
Neurelis, Inc.6$131
Novo Nordisk1$122
Avion Pharmaceuticals7$116
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc5$115
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.4$92
Livanova USA, Inc.4$87
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$82
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$71
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$67
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$63
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.2$62
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$55
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$53
Genentech USA, Inc.2$51
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$47
Bristol Myers Squibb3$46
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$43
Averitas Pharma Inc.2$40
Octapharma USA, Inc.2$38
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.1$34
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$24
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.1$24
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$21
GRT US Holding, Inc.1$19
Corium, LLC1$17
Almatica Pharma LLC1$16
Globus Medical1$15

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

$20,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$230,583
Medicare patients
393
Services billed
13,882

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
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate19$104,476
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate48$91,165
NeuproRotigotine45$77,916
GocovriAmantadine Hcl13$68,454
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm41$38,362
RexultiBrexpiprazole21$32,456
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine13$19,413
QuliptaAtogepant15$18,346
XareltoRivaroxaban14$13,087
Lacosamide20$11,113
NamzaricMemantine Hcl/Donepezil Hcl12$10,383
BrilintaTicagrelor17$10,060
LinzessLinaclotide13$6,639
Rasagiline Mesylate21$6,544
Pregabalin74$3,625

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$305$104,47619 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$2,291$91,16548 claims
UCB, Inc.Neupro$1,734$77,91645 claims
MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri$591$68,45413 claims
AbbVieQulipta, Namzaric, Linzess$2,875$35,36840 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$725$32,45621 claims
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$21$19,41313 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$389$13,08714 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta$827$10,06017 claims
Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl$16$1,057117 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$204$19114 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 75th percentile of 1,434 neurology providers in Florida.

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