Steve Wilkofsky
Gastroenterology · Irving, TXNPI 1396721254
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 354 payments — averaging $16.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$622
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$489
- Merck$392
- Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc.$348
- Johnson & Johnson$278
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$190%
- Food & beverage$5,782100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 122 | $1,722 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 41 | $622 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 23 | $489 |
| Merck | 19 | $392 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 2 | $348 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 16 | $278 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $272 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 35 | $238 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $233 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $141 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 8 | $118 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $101 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $92 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Gilead | 4 | $68 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Organon | 4 | $60 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $55 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Gastrogpo, LLC | 4 | $0 |
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.
- All Products$340
How this compares
$5,801 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 21 | $15,526 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 50 | $718 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Irving
- Eric LawitzSan Antonio$59.5M
- George DuvallTyler$17.5M
- John FordtranDallas$9.9M
- Timothy RitterSouthlake$7.7M
- Parvez MantryDallas$6.4M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$6.1M
- Nadege GunnWaco$5.7M
- Michael BrownDallas$5.5M
- James MaherHouston$5.3M
- Stephen HarrisonLive Oak$5.3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.