Suzanne Merkle, MD
Dermatology · West Bloomfield, MINPI 1184674798
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 379 payments — averaging $24.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$1K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$896
- Pfizer$575
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$536
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$601%
- Food & beverage$8,84095%
- Education$3604%
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) | 62 | $1,465 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 49 | $1,290 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 42 | $1,144 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 39 | $896 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $575 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 23 | $536 |
| Sanofi | 16 | $457 |
| Novartis | 18 | $455 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $374 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $288 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $241 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 13 | $221 |
| Incyte Corporation | 6 | $166 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $154 |
| Almirall LLC | 6 | $115 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $87 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Amgen | 4 | $74 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $64 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| LNHC, Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $27 |
| Organon | 2 | $27 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $15 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$9,260 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 404 dermatology providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 14 | $101,651 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 12 | $46,183 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 111 | $3,163 |
| Metronidazole | 52 | $2,862 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 141 | $1,406 |
| Minoxidil | 71 | $1,150 |
| Fluocinonide | 49 | $885 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 30 | $880 |
| Cephalexin | 30 | $829 |
| Tretinoin | 23 | $812 |
| Tacrolimus | 11 | $733 |
| Ketoconazole | 53 | $702 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 20 | $642 |
| Ciclopirox | 24 | $559 |
| Fluocinolone AcetonideFluocinolone/Shower Cap | 11 | $548 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in West Bloomfield
- Linda Stein GoldWest Bloomfield$7.5M
- Michael DormanWest Bloomfield$433K
- Leonard KerwinWest Bloomfield$141K
- Leonard CetnerWest Bloomfield$22K
- Johann GudjonssonAnn Arbor$15.9M
- Ali MoiinTroy$9.9M
- Wendy McFaldaClarkston$3.6M
- Kristi HawleyCaledonia$2.5M
- Brent BoyceSebewaing$2.2M
- David AltmanWarren$1.9M
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.