Michael Montella, MD
Internal Medicine · Scranton, PANPI 1881674802
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 871 payments — averaging $13.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- GSK$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$983
- AbbVie$755
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,34499%
- Education$1451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 219 | $2,190 |
| AstraZeneca | 72 | $1,484 |
| GSK | 94 | $1,131 |
| Amgen | 83 | $1,036 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 69 | $983 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 47 | $755 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 57 | $736 |
| Pfizer | 58 | $617 |
| Bayer | 22 | $359 |
| Merck | 19 | $230 |
| Exact Sciences | 11 | $210 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $206 |
| Novartis | 11 | $163 |
| Abbott | 9 | $151 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $150 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $148 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $117 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $110 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $99 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $97 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $90 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$11,489 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,705 internal medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 | 238 | $317,888 |
| EliquisApixaban | 279 | $209,980 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 107 | $132,670 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 97 | $112,317 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 108 | $79,988 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 90 | $69,639 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 53 | $67,973 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 64 | $48,752 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 24 | $37,984 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 32 | $37,887 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 67 | $35,845 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 24 | $31,150 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 50 | $28,106 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 37 | $27,483 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 14 | $26,782 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $2,190 | $317,888238 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $617 | $209,980279 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Stiolto Respimat, Tradjenta | $983 | $190,258166 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,484 | $139,800134 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $1,131 | $90,491127 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $736 | $67,97353 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $206 | $48,75264 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $163 | $37,98424 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $359 | $31,15024 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $1,036 | $20,89412 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $97 | $16,21213 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $92 | $5,76511 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 5,705 internal medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other internal medicine in Scranton
- Jonathan EpsteinPhiladelphia$13.1M
- Siddharth ShethPittsburgh$11M
- Nathan PatelTannersville$9.5M
- Pitamber DevgonPhiladelphia$7.5M
- Christopher StillDanville$7.1M
- Liza VillaruzPittsburgh$6.6M
- Paul HartleyUniontown$4.9M
- Victor KoladeSayre$4.7M
- Michael OliverBeaver$4.7M
- Raman PurighallaPittsburgh$3.9M
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.