Michael Blankinship
Dermatology · Fargo, NDNPI 1780826867
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $108,565 of the $129,628 with a category attached, or 83.8%. Lilly USA, LLC accounts for 75.5% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $88,448, more than ten times the $104 reported in 2019. Among dermatology clinicians in ND with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 362 payments — averaging $358.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$98K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$13K
- Pfizer$5K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$4K
- Eli Lilly$4K
- Sanofi$3K
- plus $4K from 18 others
Across 295 payments — averaging $4449.09 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.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$553K
- Amgen$328K
- Incyte Corporation$142K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$115K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$83K
- Eli Lilly$73K
- plus $21K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,52910%
- Speaking & faculty fees$108,56584%
- Travel & lodging$1,3331%
- Food & beverage$6,1325%
- Education$1,0691%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 125 | $97,822 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 9 | $12,513 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $5,136 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $4,049 |
| Eli Lilly | 3 | $3,548 |
| Sanofi | 37 | $2,535 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $1,239 |
| AbbVie | 58 | $693 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 36 | $464 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $363 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $331 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 5 | $310 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $241 |
| Novartis | 7 | $118 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $39 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Organon | 2 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $13 |
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
$129,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 29 dermatology providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skyrizi PenRisankizumab-Rzaa | 15 | $296,810 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 39 | $166,268 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 31 | $113,919 |
| AdbryTralokinumab-Ldrm | 12 | $45,327 |
| Fluocinonide | 132 | $5,420 |
| Itraconazole | 20 | $4,808 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 94 | $2,023 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 53 | $1,756 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 115 | $1,584 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 41 | $1,379 |
| Tacrolimus | 11 | $1,235 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 26 | $1,217 |
| Ketoconazole | 85 | $1,143 |
| Spironolactone | 83 | $1,125 |
| Minoxidil | 116 | $1,012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LEO Pharma Inc.Adbry | $38 | $45,32712 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 95th percentile of 29 dermatology providers in North Dakota.
Other dermatology in Fargo
- Rachel NessFargo$8K
- Amanda BeehlerFargo$2K
- Natalie KollmanFargo$2K
- Matthew JohnsonFargo$2K
- Beth HonlFargo$625
- Burton BelknapFargo$547
- Thomas MatzkeFargo$294
- Chetan MaingiFargo$227
- Dong Joo KimFargo$165
- Kimberly KellyFargo$130
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.