Richard Rupp
Adolescent Medicine · Galveston, TXNPI 1700893625
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $15,147 of the $20,135 with a category attached, or 75.2%. GSK accounts for 60.3% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among adolescent medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 45 payments — averaging $447.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$12K
- Merck$5K
- Modernatx, Inc.$2K
- Pfizer$2K
Across 1,012 payments — averaging $7602.90 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.
- Pfizer$4.4M
- Merck$2.3M
- GSK$475K
- Modernatx, Inc.$307K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$216K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,14775%
- Travel & lodging$3,07115%
- Food & beverage$1,8989%
- Gifts$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 11 | $12,147 |
| Merck | 21 | $4,548 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 7 | $1,728 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $1,712 |
How this compares
$20,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 68 adolescent medicine providers in Texas.
Other adolescent medicine in Galveston
- Joan PurcellThe Woodlands$87K
- Amy MiddlemanHouston$70K
- Augustine ElejeEl Paso$37K
- Scott SpearEdinburg$11K
- Marcy BerryPlano$7K
- Marlo BrawnerLivingston$4K
- Dana Rubin-RemerDallas$4K
- Harish DhingraBedford$3K
- Surainder AjmaniHouston$3K
- Sharonda TaylorHouston$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.