RxDoctor Payments Data

Scott Argo, MD

Family Medicine · Fort Payne, ALNPI 1285963421

Payments from drug & device makers

$5,757in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 347 payments — averaging $16.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$621
  • Lilly USA, LLC$612
  • AbbVie$492
  • Pfizer$407
  • GSK$393
  • Novo Nordisk$378
  • plus $3K from 35 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$5,740100%
  • Education$180%

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.

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

$5,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$115,221
Medicare patients
270
Services billed
2,050

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
MounjaroTirzepatide261$287,480
EliquisApixaban220$161,878
OzempicSemaglutide158$160,148
JardianceEmpagliflozin196$155,009
TrulicityDulaglutide123$146,458
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol154$118,164
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter112$86,306
MyrbetriqMirabegron70$50,106
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate79$48,973
LinzessLinaclotide68$47,448
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan39$43,684
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol55$38,786
TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide50$32,994
Lagevrio (Eua)Molnupiravir22$21,491
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen1,080$21,466

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
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$612$433,937384 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat, Tradjenta, Glyxambi$309$189,730254 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$378$177,383174 claims
PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt$407$173,420232 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$621$156,950209 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$393$115,876184 claims
MerckJanuvia, Lagevrio (Eua), Janumet, Belsomra$155$88,590137 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Ubrelvy$492$60,26181 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$161$50,10670 claims
NovartisEntresto$76$43,68439 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix, Vyvanse$201$41,87074 claims
AmgenProlia$106$19,04311 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 80th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.

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