Samantha Raffee, MD
Urology · Detroit, MINPI 1992048748
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $395 of the $621 with a category attached, or 63.6%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Coloplast at 53.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $411 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $56 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $2,586.
Across 11 payments — averaging $56.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Coloplast$335
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$110
- Medtronic$93
- Boston Scientific$56
- Ambu Inc.$27
Across 11 payments — averaging $2479.64 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.
- Medtronic$27K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$22636%
- Food & beverage$39564%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coloplast | 6 | $335 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $93 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $56 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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
$621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 400 urology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 224 | $136,128 |
| Estradiol | 639 | $49,716 |
| Mirabegron ErMirabegron | 93 | $49,183 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 47 | $31,515 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 205 | $13,773 |
| Trospium Chloride | 130 | $10,369 |
| EstringEstradiol | 16 | $8,184 |
| YuvafemEstradiol | 46 | $5,877 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 26 | $1,942 |
| Trospium Chloride ErTrospium Chloride | 17 | $1,752 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 51 | $1,614 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 68 | $664 |
| Terazosin Hcl | 36 | $367 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 18 | $355 |
| Cephalexin | 91 | $269 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $110 | $136,128224 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 25th percentile of 400 urology providers in Michigan.
Other urology in Detroit
- Aram LoebDetroit$112K
- David LeavittDetroit$59K
- Craig RogersDetroit$25K
- Naveen KachrooDetroit$25K
- Amit PatelDetroit$22K
- Asha JamzadehDetroit$21K
- Firas AbdollahDetroit$20K
- Ashok ReddySterling Heights$4.9M
- William RobertsAnn Arbor$973K
- Kenneth KernenTroy$910K
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.