Stanley Block
Pediatrics · Bardstown, KYNPI 1619974821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $27,473 of the $33,631 with a category attached, or 81.7%. Merck accounts for 93.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,023 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $2,932 in 2024. Among pediatrics clinicians in KY 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.
Across 46 payments — averaging $731.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$31K
- Genentech, Inc.$2K
Across 200 payments — averaging $3342.12 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.
- Pfizer$267K
- GSK$205K
- Genentech, Inc.$82K
- Shire North American Group Inc$74K
- Merck$29K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$7K
- plus $4K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,47382%
- Travel & lodging$5,03015%
- Food & beverage$1,1283%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 45 | $31,291 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $2,340 |
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.
- Xofluza$2,340
How this compares
$33,631 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 777 pediatrics providers in Kentucky.
Other pediatrics in Bardstown
- Daniel FinnBardstown$17K
- Sirish PalleHyden$89K
- Christian BerkhahnLouisville$85K
- Maurice AllgeierLouisville$38K
- Michael SimonNicholasville$32K
- Patricia PurcellLouisville$27K
- Lakshmi KoonapuFort Campbell$15K
- John CecilPaducah$13K
- Amber PendletonLouisville$10K
- Byron AlbertsonBenton$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.