Melinda Gruber, MD
Family Medicine · Santa Claus, INNPI 1962449041
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 50 payments — averaging $14.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$312
- Novo Nordisk$67
- Lilly USA, LLC$54
- Novartis$42
- Amgen$33
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$24
- plus $191 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$722100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 23 | $312 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $67 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Novartis | 3 | $42 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 2 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 2,709 family medicine providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Riluzole | 12 | $4,080 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 20 | $448 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $381 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $227 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $155 |
| Clonazepam | 14 | $101 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 15 | $88 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $84 |
| Lisinopril | 16 | $68 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $51 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 18 | $27 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $20 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 11 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Santa Claus
- Blair BrengleIndianapolis$10.6M
- Laura HelmanMishawaka$4M
- J Christopher SartoreEvansville$3.9M
- Hubert ReyesEvansville$3.2M
- David SchultzEvansville$3M
- Steven SmithIndianapolis$2.5M
- Renee Michelle GalenNewburgh$2.1M
- Eric HewittAvon$1.7M
- Alexander Dela LlanaEvansville$1.6M
- Jonathan ConditMuncie$1.6M
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.