Maryellen Taplin, MD
Medical Oncology · Boston, MANPI 1437118627
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 325 payments — averaging $15,738 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$4.5M
- Epizyme, Inc.$369K
- GSK$108K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$54K
- AstraZeneca$15K
- Clovis Oncology, Inc.$12K
- plus $66K from 14 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $876.50 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.
- Pfizer$4K
- Amgen$3K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$94,08987%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,6257%
- Travel & lodging$4,3684%
- Food & beverage$2,1392%
- Education$570%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 201 | $4,491,390 |
| Epizyme, Inc. | 44 | $368,742 |
| GSK | 6 | $107,709 |
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 2 | $53,679 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $15,307 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 8 | $11,750 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 9 | $11,219 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $10,858 |
| Bayer | 7 | $8,904 |
| Merck | 8 | $6,501 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 3 | $5,840 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $4,250 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $3,710 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $3,481 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $3,301 |
| Novartis | 1 | $2,400 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $2,200 |
| Biontech SE | 1 | $1,875 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $1,380 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $430 |
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.
- Erleada$22,430
- LYNPARZA$15,325
- Rubraca$11,750
- ORGOVYX$5,488
- Nubeqa$4,934
- CC-90011$3,710
- XTANDI$3,630
- AKEEGA$3,000
- Lupron Depot$2,200
- Axumin$1,750
- Non-Covered$1,680
- TAZVERIK$1,500
- Xofigo$1,225
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$430
How this compares
$5,114,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 308 medical oncology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 77 | $964,326 |
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 19 | $244,778 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 62 | $129,580 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 31 | $82,832 |
| Prednisone | 83 | $370 |
| Dexamethasone | 14 | $176 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 17 | $129 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BayerNubeqa | $8,904 | $964,32677 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi | $1,380 | $244,77819 claims |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate | $3,481 | $129,58062 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 90th percentile of 308 medical oncology providers in Massachusetts.
Other medical oncology in Boston
- Otto MetzgerBoston$141.9M
- Suzanne GeorgeBoston$88.5M
- Pasi Antero JanneBoston$67.2M
- Erica MayerBoston$51.8M
- Toni ChoueiriBoston$28.3M
- Laura SpringBoston$22.9M
- James ClearyBoston$18.8M
- Marlise LuskinBoston$18.7M
- Ana Garrido-CastroBoston$18M
- Jacob LaubachBoston$17.9M
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.