RxDoctor Payments Data

Renato Dela Cruz, MD

Internal Medicine · Martins Ferry, OHNPI 1174523641

Payments from drug & device makers

$20,061in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 970 payments — averaging $20.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$3K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • Bayer$2K
  • Pfizer$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$934
  • Merck$755
  • plus $10K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$110%
  • Food & beverage$20,006100%
  • Education$440%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AstraZeneca103$3,248
AbbVie(2 entities)150$2,711
Bayer81$1,618
Pfizer58$1,088
Novo Nordisk61$934
Merck47$755
Amgen(2 entities)47$708
Corcept Therapeutics25$618
Abbott22$585
Johnson & Johnson28$545
Novartis30$485
GSK31$474
Lilly USA, LLC28$417
Amarin Pharma, Inc.19$398
Dexcom, Inc.8$397
Lundbeck LLC11$368
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)14$361
Exact Sciences12$288
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC18$270
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.11$262
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$259
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$247
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.14$229
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.14$228
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.7$220
Cequr Corporation2$216
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14$209
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.8$189
Boehringer Ingelheim11$159
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC9$138
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$133
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$122
Eisai Inc.6$117
Genentech USA, Inc.1$115
Flowonix Medical Incorporated1$98
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc5$89
Edwards Lifesciences1$69
Cardiovascular Systems Inc.1$69
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.3$67
Redhill Biopharma Inc.4$63
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.4$63
Medtronic3$55
Zealand Pharma US, Inc.1$53
Advanced Respiratory, Inc2$50
Vertex2$39
Antares Pharma, Inc.1$31
Biogen2$31
Grifols USA, LLC1$28
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Urovant Sciences Inc1$20
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$19
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.1$19
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$18
Shionogi Inc1$13
Almatica Pharma LLC1$13
Philips North America LLC1$12
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc1$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

$20,061 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,428 internal medicine providers in Ohio.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$395,339
Medicare patients
509
Services billed
5,534

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
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol433$337,182
EliquisApixaban622$269,766
OzempicSemaglutide246$266,179
KerendiaFinerenone193$160,887
TrulicityDulaglutide130$133,412
JardianceEmpagliflozin183$122,470
XareltoRivaroxaban174$111,240
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate121$66,317
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan111$66,089
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate26$64,625
Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine23$56,436
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter64$49,181
LinzessLinaclotide56$42,558
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol62$40,184
Xigduo XrDapaglifloz Propaned/Metformin49$39,022

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
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$3,248$388,355541 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$934$287,449260 claims
PfizerEliquis$1,088$269,766622 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat$159$166,258261 claims
BayerKerendia$1,618$160,887193 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Invega Sustenna$545$146,282188 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$417$144,740142 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$474$67,368111 claims
MerckJanuvia$755$66,317121 claims
NovartisEntresto$485$66,089111 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr$220$56,43623 claims
AbbVieLinzess$2,711$42,55856 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 4,428 internal medicine providers in Ohio.

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