Steven Ryder
Internal Medicine · Westport, CTNPI 1104069798
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,885,915 of the $3,887,797 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Biogen. Among internal medicine clinicians in CT 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 7 payments — averaging $555,400 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biogen$3.9M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,885,915100%
- Travel & lodging$1,7560%
- Food & beverage$1270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biogen | 7 | $3,887,797 |
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.
- Skyclarys$1,756
How this compares
$3,887,797 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
Other internal medicine in Westport
- Nancy BrownNew Haven$1.6M
- Arthur DecillisMadison$1M
- Charles MontanoCromwell$970K
- Gary BlickNorwalk$683K
- Scott GottliebStamford$508K
- Jeffrey KatzOxford$361K
- Nicholas DainiakBridgeport$352K
- Thomas PellechiGreenwich$196K
- John PriceGlastonbury$188K
- Richard LiftonNew Haven$160K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.