Suzanne Merrill, MD
Urology · Lone Tree, CONPI 1114194792
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Photocure Inc at 31.7% of the total. Among urology clinicians in CO 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 148 payments — averaging $690.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Photocure Inc$32K
- Johnson & Johnson$27K
- Urogen Pharma, Inc.$19K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$5K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$5K
- Pfizer$5K
- plus $9K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,63449%
- Speaking & faculty fees$45,58345%
- Travel & lodging$3,4423%
- Food & beverage$3,5423%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Photocure Inc | 16 | $32,362 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 39 | $27,187 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 25 | $18,765 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $4,883 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 7 | $4,825 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $4,686 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 3 | $4,323 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $2,828 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,611 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $144 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Virtual Incision Corporation | 1 | $85 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $48 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$102,200 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 225 urology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 22 | $59,020 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 27 | $21,943 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $10,894 |
| Trospium Chloride | 49 | $4,107 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 11 | $2,893 |
| Estradiol | 21 | $1,357 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 107 | $1,066 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 17 | $978 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 28 | $504 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 16 | $391 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 27 | $328 |
| Cefdinir | 14 | $290 |
| Finasteride | 25 | $185 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $148 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $114 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx, Gemtesa | $96 | $80,96349 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $4,883 | $10,89411 claims |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCAbiraterone Acetate | $4,825 | $2,89311 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 225 urology providers in Colorado.
Other urology in Lone Tree
- Ali SarramLone Tree$76K
- Jason GreenfieldLone Tree$19K
- Lawrence KarshDenver$706K
- Alexandra RogersLafayette$476K
- Derek ZukoskyGolden$442K
- James McBrideDurango$234K
- Damian SorceParker$224K
- John KeferBoulder$68K
- Garrick GreearLongmont$62K
- Nicholas WestfallGrand Junction$59K
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.