RxDoctor Payments Data

Nicholas Papapietro, MD

Nuclear Cardiology · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1720028061

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 31.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $801 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $149 in 2025.

$1,520in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 51 payments — averaging $29.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novartis$480
  • Abbott$235
  • Terumo Medical Corporation$173
  • Pfizer$147
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$121
  • Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$108
  • plus $257 from 6 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,520100%

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.

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

$1,520 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 21 nuclear cardiology providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$242,535
Medicare patients
527
Services billed
2,668

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
EliquisApixaban219$216,037
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan67$87,138
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab84$85,081
XareltoRivaroxaban63$80,465
JardianceEmpagliflozin72$79,179
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate13$14,940
OzempicSemaglutide14$14,793
Atorvastatin Calcium847$9,907
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl13$9,297
Ezetimibe290$7,921
Rosuvastatin Calcium491$7,117
Ranolazine ErRanolazine61$6,109
Metoprolol Succinate342$5,330
Losartan Potassium252$3,331
Valsartan84$2,953

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
PfizerEliquis$147$216,037219 claims
NovartisEntresto$480$87,13867 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$37$80,46563 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$121$79,17972 claims
MerckJanuvia$39$14,94013 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$25$14,79314 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 55th percentile of 21 nuclear cardiology providers in New York.

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