RxDoctor Payments Data

Norman Pflaster, MD

Neurology · Islip, NYNPI 1548234768

Payments from drug & device makers

$40,424in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 618 payments — averaging $65.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$29K
  • Amgen$1K
  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • SK Life Science, Inc.$705
  • Biogen$659
  • Lundbeck LLC$569
  • plus $7K from 50 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$25,92164%
  • Travel & lodging$7982%
  • Food & beverage$13,63034%
  • Education$750%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)127$29,008
Amgen(2 entities)43$1,305
UCB, Inc.49$1,190
SK Life Science, Inc.16$705
Biogen13$659
Lundbeck LLC35$569
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc52$512
Harmony Biosciences LLC19$501
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.21$397
Novartis21$380
EMD Serono, Inc.19$373
AstraZeneca(2 entities)15$355
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.13$347
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$339
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc24$308
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC9$269
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.7$269
Argenx US, Inc.7$266
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$224
Grifols USA, LLC4$218
Neurelis, Inc.5$199
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.7$165
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC9$159
Lilly USA, LLC9$159
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.9$158
Eisai Inc.3$155
Zogenix Inc.4$139
Pfizer6$104
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.4$99
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$78
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.4$73
Sanofi3$62
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC4$59
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$57
Avion Pharmaceuticals3$53
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.2$50
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$49
GE HealthCare3$45
Promius Pharma LLC3$43
Bausch Health US, LLC3$36
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.1$24
Livanova USA, Inc.1$23
Redhill Biopharma Inc.1$22
Forte Bio-pharma LLC2$22
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$21
Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC1$21
Merz North America, Inc.1$21
Bristol Myers Squibb1$20
Corium, LLC1$19
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.1$17
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$17
GRT US Holding, Inc.1$16
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$12
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$12
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$11
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$11

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

$40,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$263,833
Medicare patients
1,012
Services billed
2,194

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
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4637$768,348
RexultiBrexpiprazole24$72,817
UbrelvyUbrogepant44$67,125
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa33$60,371
FelbatolFelbamate13$47,447
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl212$30,146
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate14$20,866
Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium100$16,846
QuliptaAtogepant14$14,635
OxycontinOxycodone Hcl21$12,380
Topiramate106$10,150
Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine54$8,968
Divalproex Sodium121$8,188
Clobazam39$8,162
Levetiracetam ErLevetiracetam78$7,573

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
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$218$768,34837 claims
AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta$29,008$81,76058 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide$269$62,26063 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt, Dilantin$104$24,11330 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$159$10,150106 claims
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta Er$158$4,12212 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 1,623 neurology providers in New York.

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