RxDoctor Payments Data

Susie Nguyen, MD

Internal Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1275532764

Payments from drug & device makers

$25,033in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,516 payments — averaging $16.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Novo Nordisk$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
  • GSK$1K
  • plus $13K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$24,84399%
  • Education$1901%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)228$3,239
AstraZeneca(2 entities)103$2,272
Novo Nordisk146$2,210
Boehringer Ingelheim83$1,449
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC129$1,395
GSK85$1,337
Amgen86$1,189
Gilead42$1,067
Lilly USA, LLC65$1,028
Pfizer56$748
Bayer40$689
Astellas Pharma US Inc28$598
Mylan Specialty L.p.24$596
Amarin Pharma, Inc.25$482
Radius Health, Inc.24$482
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.21$447
Novartis23$419
Johnson & Johnson20$392
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC22$352
Dexcom, Inc.17$348
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.31$347
Corcept Therapeutics16$329
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.13$246
Merck22$228
Abbott14$228
Exact Sciences13$223
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.11$207
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.8$175
Viatris Specialty LLC6$167
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$156
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.12$153
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc8$150
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$142
Optinose US, Inc.2$135
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$102
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.6$94
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.4$88
Eisai Inc.5$85
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$82
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)3$80
Ardelyx, Inc.4$78
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$62
Grifols USA, LLC2$58
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$54
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.3$52
Shire North American Group Inc3$51
Lundbeck LLC2$45
Boston Scientific2$42
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$38
Seqirus USA Inc2$38
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$37
Vivus LLC2$35
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.2$30
Shield Therapeutics Inc2$29
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$25
Genentech USA, Inc.1$24
Mannkind Corporation1$21
Verona Pharma, Inc.1$19
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$19
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC1$19

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.

How this compares

$25,033 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$85,040
Medicare patients
169
Services billed
1,731

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide178$195,240
ProliaDenosumab83$142,396
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol99$92,952
JardianceEmpagliflozin79$81,312
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl61$44,600
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate32$39,990
RybelsusSemaglutide28$32,650
LinzessLinaclotide32$30,081
TradjentaLinagliptin30$24,350
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter24$23,009
Repatha SyringeEvolocumab36$21,930
Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro20$18,834
ViberziEluxadoline11$17,348
MyrbetriqMirabegron18$17,158
Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog22$16,932

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$2,210$227,890206 claims
AmgenProlia$1,189$142,39683 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$1,449$105,662109 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort$2,272$104,802123 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Viberzi$3,239$47,43043 claims
MerckJanuvia$228$39,99032 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Shingrix$1,337$36,61987 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,028$28,11528 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$598$17,15818 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$392$14,00112 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 95th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.

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