RxDoctor Payments Data

Pramod Sethi, MD

Neurology · Greensboro, NCNPI 1972560894

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 57 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,745 and has fallen 73.7% since, to $3,883 in 2025. Among neurology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$47,557in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 415 payments — averaging $114.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$22K
  • AstraZeneca$7K
  • Abbott$6K
  • Novartis$3K
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$2K
  • plus $5K from 51 others
$2,853,328in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 149 payments — averaging $19,150 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.

  • Eli Lilly$1M
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$909K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$540K
  • Medtronic$179K
  • Bayer$101K
  • Genentech, Inc.$97K
  • plus $26K from 2 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$8,38818%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$25,97955%
  • Travel & lodging$4,55710%
  • Food & beverage$8,63318%

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

$47,557 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$78,887
Medicare patients
386
Services billed
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
KeppraLevetiracetam15$25,993
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab28$20,882
EliquisApixaban18$13,839
BrilintaTicagrelor18$13,314
Memantine Hcl121$3,046
Levetiracetam ErLevetiracetam46$973
Topiramate99$919
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate88$889
Levetiracetam41$676
Atorvastatin Calcium67$646
Divalproex Sodium21$583
Donepezil Hcl78$547
Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa14$539
Rosuvastatin Calcium33$431
Gabapentin56$384

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$164$13,83918 claims
AstraZenecaBrilinta$7,023$13,31418 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$17$91999 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 566 neurology providers in North Carolina.

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