Michael Epstein
Gastroenterology · Annapolis, MDNPI 1942238928
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 952 payments — averaging $1479.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$819K
- Gilead$180K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$141K
- AbbVie$80K
- Edwards Lifesciences$58K
- Amgen$33K
- plus $97K from 39 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,99743%
- Speaking & faculty fees$68,23842%
- Travel & lodging$13,4988%
- Food & beverage$11,2747%
- Education$760%
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.
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.
- AVSOLA$32,939
- INFLECTRA$17,167
- ZEPOSIA$12,221
- Talicia$9,910
- XELJANZ$7,301
- INJECTAFER$3,549
- IBSRELA$1,875
- PLENVU$1,650
- Monoferric$1,385
- EndoFlip$170
- Sucraid$131
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$125
- Rinvoq$116
How this compares
$1,408,331 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 455 gastroenterology providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 13 | $1,932 |
| Lansoprazole | 13 | $494 |
| Lactated RingersRinger's Solution,lactated | 26 | $250 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $163 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Annapolis
- Raja TaunkAnnapolis$328K
- Mark FlasarAnnapolis$168K
- Kenolisa OnwuemeBaltimore$4.5M
- Paul ThuluvathBaltimore$3.6M
- Apurva ModiRockville$3.3M
- Louis KormanChevy Chase$1.9M
- Marcia CantoBaltimore$1.6M
- Rudrajit RaiColumbia$1.4M
- Natarajan RavendhranCatonsville$1.2M
- Raymond CrossBaltimore$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.