RxDoctor Payments Data

Mark Studeny, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Huntington, WVNPI 1326008517

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,126 of the $6,755 with a category attached, or 75.9%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 26.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,138 and has fallen 83.4% since, to $522 in 2025.

$6,755in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 160 payments — averaging $42.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$2K
  • Boston Scientific$888
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$694
  • Medtronic$630
  • Edwards Lifesciences$563
  • Abiomed$411
  • plus $2K from 22 others
$775in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $775.00 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.

  • Abbott$775

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,62924%
  • Food & beverage$5,12676%

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.

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

$6,755 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 100 cardiovascular disease providers in West Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$69,352
Medicare patients
383
Services billed
681

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
EliquisApixaban88$101,382
XareltoRivaroxaban44$46,375
Praluent PenAlirocumab15$10,825
JardianceEmpagliflozin11$9,639
Metoprolol Succinate175$2,378
Labetalol Hcl31$2,320
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate156$2,070
Losartan Potassium156$1,919
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl20$1,461
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate115$1,189
Rosuvastatin Calcium140$1,188
Atorvastatin Calcium118$1,060
Warfarin Sodium64$802
Potassium Chloride28$772
Nitroglycerin71$750

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
PfizerEliquis$64$101,38288 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$13$46,37544 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$27$9,63911 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 100 cardiovascular disease providers in West Virginia.

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