RxDoctor Payments Data

Michael Lewitton, MD

Urology · Houston, TXNPI 1558313692

Payments from drug & device makers

$28,638in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 663 payments — averaging $43.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • HMU Consumables, LLC$9K
  • Boston Scientific$3K
  • Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$1K
  • plus $10K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,1739%
  • Food & beverage$17,20069%
  • Education$3992%
  • Entertainment$190%
  • Other$5,14321%

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

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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
HMU Consumables, LLC4$8,847
Boston Scientific58$3,265
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.31$2,942
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)65$1,468
AbbVie(2 entities)65$1,322
Astellas Pharma US Inc46$1,130
Pfizer44$917
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.28$778
Antares Pharma, Inc.31$640
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.39$533
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.22$524
Biotissue Holdings Inc.17$394
Bayer19$364
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.18$353
Olympus America Inc.5$342
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$287
Endo USA, Inc.13$285
Procept Biorobotics Corporation5$282
Amgen14$259
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC9$250
Myovant Sciences Inc.13$240
Convatec Inc.5$238
Medtronic2$209
Axonics, Inc.7$209
Accord Healthcare, Inc.9$207
Neotract Inc.3$182
Ambu Inc.4$124
Tolmar, Inc.6$123
Smith+Nephew3$116
Blue Earth Diagnostics4$111
Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.4$106
Terumo Medical Corporation1$103
Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$97
Novartis4$89
Urovant Sciences Inc4$83
Urogen Pharma, Inc.4$81
AstraZeneca(2 entities)4$81
Merck3$81
Baxter Healthcare1$61
Teleflex LLC2$58
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc1$57
ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc.3$53
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation2$53
Healthtronics Stone Solutions, LLC1$49
Stryker1$48
Halozyme Inc2$42
Immunitybio, Inc.2$41
Avanos Medical1$38
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$37
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.3$36
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$29
Sanofi1$27
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$27
Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$26
180 Medical, Inc.1$25
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$24
Caris MPI, Inc.1$24
Tempus AI, Inc1$23
EMD Serono, Inc.1$23
Cook Medical LLC1$21

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

$28,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 878 urology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$659,565
Medicare patients
1,046
Services billed
18,333

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
ErleadaApalutamide42$799,852
NubeqaDarolutamide12$166,147
MyrbetriqMirabegron135$135,497
GemtesaVibegron77$63,221
Testosterone34$20,298
Tamsulosin Hcl763$12,706
Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate93$9,983
Silodosin75$8,721
Finasteride515$7,209
Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl319$6,711
Solifenacin Succinate105$4,753
Estradiol67$3,359
Testosterone Cypionate64$3,093
Tadalafil17$3,042
Dutasteride25$1,731

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
Johnson & JohnsonErleada$1,468$799,85242 claims
BayerNubeqa$364$166,14712 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$1,130$135,497135 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$533$63,22177 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 80th percentile of 878 urology providers in Texas.

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