RxDoctor Payments Data

Michelle Petri, MD

Rheumatology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1548206683

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $266,157 of the $380,959 with a category attached, or 69.9%. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 24.3% of the total. Among rheumatology clinicians in MD 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.

$380,959in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 262 payments — averaging $1454.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$93K
  • GSK$84K
  • Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$49K
  • Eli Lilly$37K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$29K
  • UCB SA$15K
  • plus $74K from 24 others
$698,860in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 39 payments — averaging $17,919 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.

  • GSK$417K
  • Janssen Global Services, LLC$105K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$90K
  • Merck$64K
  • EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.$9K
  • AbbVie$4K
  • plus $10K from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$266,15770%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$80,51021%
  • Travel & lodging$32,1388%
  • Food & beverage$2,1541%

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.

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

$380,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 173 rheumatology providers in Maryland.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$57,128
Medicare patients
246
Services billed
874

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
BenlystaBelimumab11$53,268
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate518$32,275
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol19$23,229
Mycophenolate Mofetil56$13,541
RasuvoMethotrexate/Pf11$9,873
Azathioprine20$2,579
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium63$1,820
Metoprolol Succinate75$1,774
Famotidine60$1,233
Duloxetine Hcl28$1,173
Enalapril Maleate34$1,091
Atorvastatin Calcium65$1,009
Amitriptyline Hcl47$901
Losartan Potassium67$872
Prednisone80$740

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
GSKBenlysta$84,039$53,26811 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$92,739$23,22919 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 173 rheumatology providers in Maryland.

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