RxDoctor Payments Data

Michael Aberger, MD

Urology · Saint Joseph, MONPI 1346533924

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — education (58.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 57 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $9,905 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $1,184 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$26,029in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 541 payments — averaging $48.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Intuitive Surgical$17K
  • Boston Scientific$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$789
  • Johnson & Johnson$650
  • Pfizer$458
  • plus $5K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,4636%
  • Food & beverage$9,34136%
  • Education$15,17558%
  • Gifts$500%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Intuitive Surgical23$16,640
Boston Scientific20$1,313
AbbVie(2 entities)106$1,168
Astellas Pharma US Inc55$789
Johnson & Johnson39$650
Pfizer42$458
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.17$320
Accord Healthcare, Inc.17$292
Caldera Medical, Inc3$280
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC10$261
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.22$259
Merck13$257
Amgen13$232
Olympus America Inc.14$219
Medtronic(2 entities)10$213
Bayer9$203
Teleflex LLC11$193
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$176
Blue Earth Diagnostics8$146
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$125
Novartis6$124
Neotract Inc.8$123
AstraZeneca4$122
Urogen Pharma, Inc.5$111
Endo USA, Inc.5$106
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.7$105
Axonics, Inc.5$91
Procept Biorobotics Corporation3$70
Coloplast5$67
Ambu Inc.4$60
Tolmar, Inc.3$59
Myovant Sciences Inc.4$58
Convatec Inc.3$53
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$50
Calyxo, Inc.2$45
Antares Pharma, Inc.3$45
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$44
Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$38
KARL Storz Endoscopy-america1$37
C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries2$34
Rochester Medical Corporation1$34
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC1$33
Bioprotect Medical, Inc.1$33
Baudax Bio Inc.2$32
180 Medical, Inc.1$31
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.1$24
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$24
Therapeuticsmd, Inc.1$20
Biocompatibles, Inc.1$20
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$20
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.1$18
Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$18
Telix Pharmaceuticals1$16
Steris Corporation1$16
Valencia Technologies Corporation1$15
Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.1$13
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.1$12
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.1$11

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

$26,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 250 urology providers in Missouri.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,494,153
Medicare patients
1,156
Services billed
59,630

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
XtandiEnzalutamide31$421,239
MyrbetriqMirabegron151$124,695
GemtesaVibegron72$67,106
Tamsulosin Hcl912$12,219
ElmironPentosan Polysulfate Sodium14$9,092
Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst383$7,116
Estradiol100$6,644
Trimethoprim75$6,491
Finasteride347$5,152
Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride259$4,901
Cephalexin153$1,847
Oxybutynin Chloride45$1,674
Ciprofloxacin Hcl418$1,432
Testosterone Cypionate23$785
Fluconazole133$782

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
Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi, Myrbetriq$789$545,934182 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$259$67,10672 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 250 urology providers in Missouri.

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