Robert Klapheke
Gastroenterology · Austin, TXNPI 1891113288
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $17,500 of the $20,752 with a category attached, or 84.3%. Boston Scientific accounts for 86.4% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,118 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $1,368 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in TX 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.
Across 93 payments — averaging $223.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$18K
- AbbVie$590
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$306
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$288
- Anx Robotica Corp$286
- Johnson & Johnson$170
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$17,50084%
- Travel & lodging$3061%
- Food & beverage$2,78913%
- Education$1571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $17,923 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $590 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 1 | $306 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $288 |
| Anx Robotica Corp | 1 | $286 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $170 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $167 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $147 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 1 | $125 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $114 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $102 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $90 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Steris Corporation | 2 | $65 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $40 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $19 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$10,000
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$7,500
- Cook Medical Hemostasis$306
- Tremfya$288
- STELARA$158
- REMICADE$158
- EndoClot PHS$125
- GENERAL BIOPSY$125
- Creon$125
- ESOPHYX$114
- GENERAL METAL STENTS GI$108
How this compares
$20,752 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 18 | $3,086 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 12 | $726 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Austin
- Harry ThomasAustin$584K
- Harish GagnejaAustin$578K
- Pradeep KumarAustin$131K
- Jianhua TauAustin$119K
- John FordtranDallas$9.9M
- Michael BrownDallas$5.5M
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$1.6M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$1.5M
- Stephen PappasHouston$1.4M
- Anish PatelFort Sam Houston$1.3M
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.