RxDoctor Payments Data

Ronald Swartz, MD

Urology · New Orleans, LANPI 1124126594

Payments from drug & device makers

$1,300in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 56 payments — averaging $23.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Astellas Pharma US Inc$240
  • Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$177
  • Urogen Pharma, Inc.$137
  • Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$103
  • Johnson & Johnson$96
  • Pfizer$88
  • plus $458 from 13 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,300100%

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
Astellas Pharma US Inc10$240
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.9$177
Urogen Pharma, Inc.5$137
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$103
Johnson & Johnson4$96
Pfizer4$88
Boston Scientific1$65
Merck2$52
ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc.3$51
Halozyme Inc2$47
180 Medical, Inc.2$46
Hollister Incorporated2$40
Antares Pharma, Inc.2$37
Urovant Sciences Inc2$27
Cook Medical LLC1$25
Hologic Sales And Service, LLC1$18
Civco Medical Instruments1$18
Axonics, Inc.1$17
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC1$16

How this compares

$1,300 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 199 urology providers in Louisiana.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$12,848
Medicare patients
124
Services billed
183

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
MyrbetriqMirabegron85$71,780
GemtesaVibegron51$56,950
Tamsulosin Hcl267$2,814
Finasteride93$1,026
Dutasteride22$1,003
Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst25$513
Solifenacin Succinate18$481
Bicalutamide11$400
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen11$382
Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl12$342
CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil21$329
Ciprofloxacin Hcl32$288
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav18$194
Fluconazole22$168
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim29$167

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
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$240$71,78085 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$177$56,95051 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 30th percentile of 199 urology providers in Louisiana.

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