Robert Staton, MD
Psychiatry · Fargo, NDNPI 1457398711
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.8% of the total.
Across 40 payments — averaging $16.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$161
- Lundbeck LLC$92
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$90
- Alkermes, Inc.$87
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$51
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$39
- plus $128 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$648100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $161 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 5 | $92 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $90 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $87 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $39 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $38 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $14 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$648 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 63 psychiatry providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 63 | $87,387 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 24 | $49,711 |
| FanaptIloperidone | 14 | $24,483 |
| VyvanseLisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 69 | $23,469 |
| VivitrolNaltrexone Microspheres | 12 | $19,723 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 59 | $17,904 |
| Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 70 | $14,584 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 514 | $10,611 |
| Chlorpromazine Hcl | 75 | $6,223 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 102 | $4,786 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 255 | $3,703 |
| Carbamazepine ErCarbamazepine | 36 | $3,380 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 38 | $3,306 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 55 | $3,092 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 169 | $2,727 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieVraylar | $161 | $87,38763 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Vyvanse | $39 | $23,46969 claims |
| Alkermes, Inc.Vivitrol | $87 | $19,72312 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Loxapine | $90 | $60022 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 80th percentile of 63 psychiatry providers in North Dakota.
Other psychiatry in Fargo
- James MitchellFargo$4K
- Albert AllickFargo$3K
- Leah ThompsonFargo$550
- Amador DizonFargo$380
- Carol WhitmanFargo$344
- Jennifer MyersFargo$270
- Ali PervaizFargo$232
- Kyle CleasbyFargo$150
- Jennifer BradyFargo$137
- Lisa SchockFargo$118
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.