Rachel Espiritu, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Akron, OHNPI 1982724639
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 64 payments — averaging $98.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Insulet Corporation$5K
- Novo Nordisk$194
- Medtronic$188
- Amgen$181
- Corcept Therapeutics$153
- Lilly USA, LLC$81
- plus $454 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,90878%
- Food & beverage$1,34821%
- Education$240%
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Insulet Corporation | 10 | $5,029 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $194 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $188 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $181 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 3 | $153 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $81 |
| Abbott | 4 | $77 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 2 | $22 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Omnipod$4,908
- TEPEZZA$121
- Korlym$119
- MINIMED 780G$104
How this compares
$6,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 312 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Ohio.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 123 | $186,266 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 138 | $178,444 |
| Teriparatide | 42 | $102,945 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 80 | $86,403 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 50 | $68,974 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 46 | $56,995 |
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 17 | $44,557 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 27 | $43,954 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 15 | $38,325 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 34 | $23,176 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 20 | $17,731 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 100 | $16,380 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 16 | $16,296 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 12 | $12,533 |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 32 | $12,470 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Insulin Lispro | $81 | $267,201238 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Novolog | $194 | $188,142135 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $16 | $56,99546 claims |
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $59 | $44,55717 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $181 | $43,95427 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 70th percentile of 312 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Ohio.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Akron
- Toby BriskinBedford$9.8M
- Charles SmithCanton$5.3M
- Kevin PantaloneCleveland$4M
- Elena ChristofidesColumbus$3.5M
- Arvind KrishnaCanton$3.1M
- Bartolome BurgueraCleveland$3.1M
- Steven IngColumbus$1.9M
- Kathleen DunganColumbus$1.4M
- Kyaw SoeColumbus$1.3M
- John PaesWesterville$671K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.