RxDoctor Payments Data

Naveen Kella, MD

Urology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1154301182

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (27.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Telix Pharmaceuticals at 27.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $25,118, more than ten times the $2,010 reported in 2019. Among urology clinicians in TX 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.

$83,991in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 670 payments — averaging $125.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Telix Pharmaceuticals$23K
  • Profound Medical Corp.$12K
  • Intuitive Surgical$12K
  • Olympus America Inc.$10K
  • Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation$7K
  • Boston Scientific$3K
  • plus $16K from 54 others
$960,123in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 93 payments — averaging $10,324 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.

  • Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$452K
  • Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$334K
  • Bayer$143K
  • Bluewind Medical$31K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$22,26427%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$10,85013%
  • Travel & lodging$19,62623%
  • Food & beverage$22,78327%
  • Education$8,46810%

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
Telix Pharmaceuticals42$22,968
Profound Medical Corp.23$12,165
Intuitive Surgical19$11,836
Olympus America Inc.26$10,162
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation33$6,938
Boston Scientific28$3,012
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)75$2,438
Olympus Corporation Of The Americas9$2,291
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.38$963
Neotract Inc.10$796
Angiodynamics, Inc.8$762
Astellas Pharma US Inc34$725
Pfizer33$684
Antares Pharma, Inc.26$593
Procept Biorobotics Corporation7$465
Teleflex LLC10$429
Myovant Sciences Inc.21$422
Novartis15$375
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC10$367
Blue Earth Diagnostics8$341
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.11$269
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.13$253
Urogen Pharma, Inc.8$230
Philips North America LLC2$229
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.13$228
Medtronic(2 entities)6$202
Agiliti Surgical, Inc.1$187
AstraZeneca4$176
Foundation Medicine, Inc.5$176
Urovant Sciences Inc9$170
Bayer8$169
Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.5$164
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.3$153
180 Medical, Inc.6$146
Astellas Pharma Global Development1$145
Merck7$139
Biotissue Holdings Inc.8$134
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$133
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.1$110
Tolmar, Inc.5$109
Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.1$100
Coloplast2$99
Bluewind Medical2$80
Halozyme Inc4$79
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.4$79
Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc.3$72
Accord Healthcare, Inc.3$67
Endo USA, Inc.3$66
EDAP Technomed Inc3$63
Uroviu Corporation1$62
Insightec,inc1$62
Clinical Laserthermia Systems Americas Inc.2$60
Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$55
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.4$54
AbbVie3$52
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.3$50
Smith+Nephew3$49
Immunitybio, Inc.2$48
Novo Nordisk3$47
Amgen3$46

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

$83,991 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 878 urology providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$384,673
Medicare patients
857
Services billed
5,348

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
XtandiEnzalutamide24$399,284
OrgovyxRelugolix137$361,058
MyrbetriqMirabegron92$58,340
GemtesaVibegron34$40,666
Mirabegron ErMirabegron12$4,862
PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated11$4,804
Testosterone39$4,564
Tamsulosin Hcl262$3,515
Finasteride166$2,111
Testosterone Cypionate28$1,907
Dutasteride58$1,903
Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst48$916
Solifenacin Succinate20$856
Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl21$319
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim114$249

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
Astellas Pharma US IncXtandi, Myrbetriq$725$457,624116 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx, Gemtesa$963$401,724171 claims
PfizerPremarin$684$4,80411 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 878 urology providers in Texas.

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