Samuel Balin
Dermatology · Springfield, ORNPI 1518254481
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.2% of the total across 144 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 144 payments — averaging $22.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$598
- AbbVie$451
- UCB, Inc.$393
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$369
- Sanofi$361
- Novartis$221
- plus $861 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,97091%
- Education$2859%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 31 | $598 |
| AbbVie | 35 | $451 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $393 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $369 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $361 |
| Novartis | 10 | $221 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $214 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $151 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $86 |
| Organon | 3 | $76 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $62 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $49 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $35 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Bimzelx$128
How this compares
$3,255 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 175 dermatology providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Econazole Nitrate | 56 | $3,202 |
| Fluocinonide | 47 | $2,980 |
| Ketoconazole | 168 | $2,956 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 62 | $1,871 |
| Fluorouracil | 20 | $1,650 |
| Metronidazole | 32 | $1,596 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 32 | $1,307 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 13 | $724 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 65 | $652 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $218 |
| Hydrocortisone | 17 | $156 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 12 | $154 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $136 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Springfield
- Rie TakahashiSpringfield$9K
- Eric OlsonSpringfield$4K
- Natalie KudlakSpringfield$4K
- Jordan CookSpringfield$3K
- Andrew BlauveltPortland$1.8M
- Benjamin EhstPortland$1.5M
- Jason HawkesPortland$1.5M
- Eric SimpsonPortland$1.4M
- Collin BlattnerThe Dalles$409K
- Alex Ortega LoayzaPortland$122K
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.