Steven Pickett
Urology · Austin, TXNPI 1417923186
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,010 of the $2,577 with a category attached, or 78.0%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Neotract Inc. at 34.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,278 and has fallen 83.4% since, to $212 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,394.
Across 79 payments — averaging $32.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neotract Inc.$888
- AbbVie$313
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$220
- Abbott$173
- Boston Scientific$148
- AstraZeneca$125
- plus $710 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$55221%
- Food & beverage$2,01078%
- Education$151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neotract Inc. | 8 | $888 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 17 | $313 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 15 | $220 |
| Abbott | 3 | $173 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $148 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $109 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $71 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 3 | $37 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $30 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 2 | $30 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $27 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Dornier Medtech America, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- UroLift$819
- TACTRA$148
- FARXIGA$125
- CardioMEMS HF System$117
How this compares
$2,577 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 878 urology providers in Texas.
Other urology in Austin
- Michael TrotterAustin$590K
- Varun SundaramAustin$400K
- Elizabeth MobleyAustin$254K
- Parviz KavoussiAustin$251K
- Peter RuffAustin$168K
- Bryan KansasAustin$120K
- Aaron LavianaAustin$78K
- Kyle KeyesAustin$58K
- Andrew von EschenbachMontgomery$3.2M
- Brian MazzarellaLakeway$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.