RxDoctor Payments Data

Sally Wenzel, MD

Pulmonary Disease · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1427164532

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $48,847 of the $69,555 with a category attached, or 70.2%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Chiesi USA, Inc. at 31.4% of the total. Among pulmonary disease clinicians in PA 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.

$69,555in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 84 payments — averaging $828.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Chiesi USA, Inc.$22K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$14K
  • Sanofi$8K
  • GSK$8K
  • AstraZeneca$7K
  • Regeneron$7K
  • plus $4K from 5 others
$616,043in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 86 payments — averaging $7163.29 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.

  • AstraZeneca$204K
  • Regeneron$191K
  • Amgen$97K
  • Astrazeneca AB$48K
  • Novartis$32K
  • Sanofi US Services Inc.$21K
  • plus $22K from 3 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$48,84770%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1,0001%
  • Grants$3,0004%
  • Travel & lodging$14,80521%
  • Food & beverage$1,9033%

General payments by program year

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25

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
Chiesi USA, Inc.11$21,821
Astrazeneca UK Limited16$14,209
Sanofi8$8,471
GSK19$7,531
AstraZeneca4$7,144
Regeneron19$6,551
Pfizer1$2,625
AbbVie1$575
Eli Lilly1$525
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC2$56
Lilly USA, LLC2$48

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.

How this compares

$69,555 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 703 pulmonary disease providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$8,268
Medicare patients
55
Services billed
87

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
Dupixent SyringeDupilumab96$353,833
Fasenra PenBenralizumab26$150,303
TezspireTezepelumab-Ekko25$112,592
Dupixent PenDupilumab30$112,239
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol65$33,999
Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol99$20,422
Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol30$17,712
Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate51$14,502
SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate50$14,354
Qvar RedihalerBeclomethasone Dipropionate26$13,128
BreynaBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate38$9,311
Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate29$8,450
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate149$5,702
Azathioprine86$5,113
Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol17$3,126

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
AstraZenecaTezspire, Symbicort$7,144$126,94575 claims
GSKBreo Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta$7,531$42,44994 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 90th percentile of 703 pulmonary disease providers in Pennsylvania.

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