Susan Meltzer, MD
Internal Medicine · Timonium, MDNPI 1073556429
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 250 payments — averaging $17.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$773
- AstraZeneca$532
- AbbVie$497
- Lilly USA, LLC$379
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$238
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$236
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,33798%
- Education$872%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 48 | $773 |
| AstraZeneca | 33 | $532 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $497 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $379 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $238 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $236 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $219 |
| Amgen | 11 | $188 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 8 | $166 |
| GSK | 10 | $155 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $133 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $131 |
| Novartis | 5 | $97 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $81 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $59 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $57 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
| Abbott | 2 | $26 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$4,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 50 | $71,695 |
| EliquisApixaban | 106 | $62,764 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 78 | $61,298 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 79 | $45,031 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 38 | $29,953 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 17 | $25,545 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 41 | $20,903 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 18 | $20,356 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 11 | $19,838 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $16,949 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $16,874 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $15,029 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 15 | $10,201 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 11 | $8,037 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 392 | $6,646 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $773 | $71,69550 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $219 | $62,764106 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $24 | $61,29878 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $166 | $45,03179 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $155 | $35,74632 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $379 | $35,38634 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $532 | $33,22849 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $238 | $20,90341 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $34 | $16,94925 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $13 | $16,87429 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $20 | $4,230272 claims |
| AbbVieRestasis | $497 | $4,17811 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Other internal medicine in Timonium
- Shishir KhetanRockville$52.1M
- Steven GellerElkridge$15.1M
- Mary HowellHagerstown$6.2M
- Kristen MarroneBaltimore$5.6M
- Jonathan CohenRockville$5M
- Andrea ApoloBethesda$4.8M
- Peta-Gay Jackson BoothBaltimore$3.6M
- Rahul PatelRockville$2.8M
- Mark YarchoanBaltimore$2.4M
- Marianne MannHighland$2.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.