Rodney Perez, MD
Gastroenterology · Asheville, NCNPI 1578553541
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ambu A/s at 44.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for gastroenterology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $1,694.
Across 43 payments — averaging $38.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ambu A/s$740
- AbbVie$280
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$188
- QOL Medical, LLC$62
- Olympus America Inc.$55
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$55
- plus $289 from 10 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4132.50 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.
- Amgen$4K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$86552%
- Food & beverage$78747%
- Education$161%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $740 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $280 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $188 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $62 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $55 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $49 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $48 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- GATTEX$125
How this compares
$1,668 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 15 | $34,553 |
| SuflavePeg 3350/Sod Sulf,chlr/Pot/Mag | 27 | $3,292 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 28 | $2,069 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 90 | $1,761 |
| Omeprazole | 60 | $452 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 44 | $429 |
| Famotidine | 16 | $87 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon | $280 | $34,55315 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 45th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Asheville
- Adam ZivonyAsheville$184K
- Brian GarvinAsheville$103K
- Stephen DealCharlotte$945K
- Fred FowlerCharlotte$932K
- Paul WatkinsChapel Hill$876K
- Nilesh LodhiaCharlotte$735K
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$431K
- Robert ReindollarSalisbury$430K
- Andrew StormWinston Salem$426K
- John PoulosFayetteville$407K
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.