RxDoctor Payments Data

Scott Snapper

Gastroenterology · Boston, MANPI 1184605537

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $107,054 of the $125,937 with a category attached, or 85.0%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 41.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $35,178 and has fallen 92.1% since, to $2,762 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MA 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.

$125,937in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 74 payments — averaging $1701.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Pfizer$52K
  • Merck$22K
  • F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$21K
  • Amgen$10K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$8K
  • Eli Lilly$7K
  • plus $6K from 3 others
$4,762,780in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 21 payments — averaging $226,799 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.

  • Clinigen, Inc.$1.9M
  • Pfizer$1.8M
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$493K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$230K
  • Amgen$188K
  • Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.$167K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$107,05485%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,7622%
  • Travel & lodging$14,78712%
  • Food & beverage$1,3251%
  • Education$90%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Pfizer18$52,183
Merck14$22,009
F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG4$20,649
Amgen8$10,346
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.9$7,944
Eli Lilly8$6,832
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.11$4,759
Modernatx, Inc.1$1,200
AbbVie1$15

How this compares

$125,937 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 579 gastroenterology providers in Massachusetts.

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