Melody Stone, MD
Dermatology · Saint Joseph, MONPI 1558337196
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,722 of the $9,106 with a category attached, or 62.8%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by LEO Pharma Inc. at 27.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,890 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $420 in 2025.
Across 304 payments — averaging $29.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- LEO Pharma Inc.$3K
- Pfizer$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$558
- Johnson & Johnson$536
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$316
- plus $2K from 20 others
Across 1,148 payments — averaging $3732.10 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.
- Novartis$843K
- AbbVie$611K
- Eli Lilly$552K
- Incyte Corporation$493K
- Pfizer$390K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$274K
- plus $1.1M from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,33626%
- Travel & lodging$97311%
- Food & beverage$5,72263%
- Education$751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 9 | $2,513 |
| Pfizer | 32 | $1,785 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 75 | $1,395 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 25 | $558 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 30 | $536 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 22 | $316 |
| Amgen | 17 | $299 |
| UCB, Inc. | 13 | $252 |
| Novartis | 12 | $239 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $182 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $174 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $140 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 5 | $138 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 11 | $104 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $97 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $72 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $44 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $16 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$9,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 263 dermatology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 281 | $7,003 |
| Fluorouracil | 24 | $1,853 |
| Metronidazole | 33 | $1,681 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 50 | $1,630 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 70 | $1,332 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 26 | $1,193 |
| Desonide | 13 | $735 |
| Ciclopirox | 19 | $713 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 41 | $664 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 14 | $469 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 12 | $295 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 30 | $161 |
| Cephalexin | 29 | $160 |
| Minoxidil | 14 | $119 |
| Prednisone | 30 | $117 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Saint Joseph
- Brian KimSaint Louis$861K
- Elaine SiegfriedSaint Louis$856K
- Craig LeonardiSaint Louis$569K
- Jonathan CleaverKirksville$483K
- Mary GeorgeSaint Louis$400K
- David CleaverKirksville$371K
- Christy RaineyBranson$328K
- Charles MoonCape Girardeau$296K
- John DespainOsage Beach$289K
- Duane DilworthSaint Louis$288K
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.