Mercedes Terrell, MD
Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1578748653
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 387 payments — averaging $17.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$809
- AbbVie$807
- Novo Nordisk$733
- Pfizer$426
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$378
- plus $3K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,691100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 36 | $1,048 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 53 | $809 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 54 | $807 |
| Novo Nordisk | 43 | $733 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $426 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 26 | $378 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 17 | $293 |
| Abbott | 16 | $264 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 16 | $253 |
| Bayer | 10 | $230 |
| Amgen | 13 | $187 |
| GSK | 13 | $186 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 10 | $157 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $144 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $87 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Novartis | 4 | $63 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $50 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Biogen | 2 | $44 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $29 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Tactile Systems Technology 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
$6,705 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 83 | $112,893 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 51 | $59,938 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 29 | $58,363 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 55 | $45,491 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 30 | $36,171 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 28 | $32,203 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 12 | $19,964 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $19,780 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 20 | $18,527 |
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $16,151 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 11 | $12,645 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $10,593 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $10,075 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 16 | $7,883 |
| Levemir FlexpenInsulin Detemir | 22 | $6,416 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $733 | $171,257112 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $809 | $68,37458 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $87 | $59,93851 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,048 | $45,49155 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $807 | $21,36351 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $144 | $19,78018 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $426 | $16,15118 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $186 | $10,07515 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 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Other internal medicine in Baltimore
- Kristen MarroneBaltimore$5.6M
- Peta-Gay Jackson BoothBaltimore$3.6M
- Mark YarchoanBaltimore$2.4M
- Gabrielle PrinceBaltimore$2.1M
- Jessica TaoBaltimore$1.2M
- Ana-Maria OrbaiBaltimore$1.1M
- Julie PaikBaltimore$1M
- Christopher MelaniBaltimore$997K
- Ethel WeldBaltimore$792K
- Christian GockeBaltimore$725K
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.