Theodore Sawchuk, MD
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,413 of the $4,407 with a category attached, or 77.5%. Neotract Inc. accounts for 85.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,855 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $15 in 2024. Among urology clinicians in ND with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 26 payments — averaging $169.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neotract Inc.$4K
- Teleflex LLC$406
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$73
- Coloplast$68
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$64
- AbbVie$19
- plus $31 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,41377%
- Food & beverage$99423%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neotract Inc. | 15 | $3,748 |
| Teleflex LLC | 5 | $406 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $73 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $68 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
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.
- UroLift$3,575
- UroLift System$232
How this compares
$4,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 23 urology providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 106 | $74,365 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 785 | $14,489 |
| Finasteride | 531 | $8,067 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 170 | $3,622 |
| RenacidinCitric Ac/Gluconolact/Mag Carb | 16 | $3,033 |
| Estradiol | 19 | $1,317 |
| Dutasteride | 26 | $999 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 37 | $713 |
| Cephalexin | 229 | $448 |
| Terazosin Hcl | 22 | $434 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 40 | $382 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 13 | $283 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 29 | $182 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 19 | $149 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 12 | $120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $16 | $74,365106 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 90th percentile of 23 urology providers in North Dakota.
Other urology in Fargo
- Kathryn AgamawiFargo$6K
- Ali MahmoudFargo$5K
- Thomas NoahFargo$2K
- Philip WanzekFargo$901
- Eric SchommerFargo$840
- Sydney WeberFargo$162
- Ann FlinnFargo$82
- Brent WilliamsFargo$39
- Kristina GarrelsFargo$19
- Steven StrindenFargo$0
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.