Ruth Ann Pendergrast, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Royal Oak, MINPI 1891185153
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 91 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 10.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in MI 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 91 payments — averaging $99.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$982
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$774
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$517
- Novo Nordisk$467
- Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC$462
- Hollister Incorporated$460
- plus $5K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,034100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $982 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 8 | $774 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $517 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $467 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 4 | $462 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 8 | $460 |
| Convatec Inc. | 6 | $414 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $405 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 2 | $340 |
| Amgen | 3 | $309 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $287 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $262 |
| Bayer | 2 | $258 |
| Gilead | 2 | $247 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $235 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $192 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 3 | $184 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $182 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $147 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $139 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| GSK | 1 | $122 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $115 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $107 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $82 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $48 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
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.
- MULTAQ$517
- Mepilex Border Sacrum$459
- INTERSTIM$376
- AJOVY$335
- Mepilex Border Flex$324
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$283
- NEW IMAGE$271
- PREMIER$271
- Epclusa$247
- REXULTI$246
- INGREZZA$238
- ESTEEM$236
- ABRYSVO$235
- Wegovy$232
- ULTOMIRIS$229
- Mepilex Border Heel$189
- Z-Flex Fluidized Heel Boot$189
- Exufiber Ag$189
- VASHE WOUND SOLUTION 250 ML (8.5 FL OZ) FLIP TOP CAP$174
- URGOCLEAN AG$166
How this compares
$9,034 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,351 nurse practitioner providers in Michigan.
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.
Other nurse practitioner in Royal Oak
- Rachel BlindRoyal Oak$24K
- Angela DonovanRoyal Oak$10K
- Davida KrugerDetroit$739K
- Kari HillSpring Lake$426K
- Kyle FarrPlymouth$243K
- Linda SpencerTroy$217K
- Ellen DillardDetroit$168K
- Golbon AghamohammadiDetroit$157K
- Abubakir BabanDearborn$143K
- Lisa Astalos ChismWoodhaven$103K
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.