Thomas Ortel, MD
Hematology · Durham, NCNPI 1003990995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $45,578 of the $61,422 with a category attached, or 74.2%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG at 39.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,788, 6.9 times the $4,156 reported in 2019.
Across 20 payments — averaging $3071.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$24K
- Omeros Corporation$15K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$11K
- Instrumentation Laboratory Company$5K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- Diagnostica Stago, Inc$2K
Across 1,241 payments — averaging $2563.24 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2.4M
- Instrumentation Laboratory Company$418K
- Diagnostica Stago, Inc$400K
- UCB SA$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$45,57874%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,3504%
- Travel & lodging$13,06221%
- Food & beverage$4321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 6 | $24,108 |
| Omeros Corporation | 2 | $14,760 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 3 | $11,368 |
| Instrumentation Laboratory Company | 7 | $5,006 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $4,680 |
| Diagnostica Stago, Inc | 1 | $1,500 |
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.
- narsoplimab$14,760
How this compares
$61,422 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 65 hematology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 108 | $113,843 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 43 | $46,013 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 28 | $14,172 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $720 |
| JantovenWarfarin Sodium | 65 | $579 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 69 | $544 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology in Durham
- Alan CarlsonDurham$143K
- Lindsay ReinDurham$73K
- Jadee NeffDurham$71K
- Gowthami ArepallyDurham$37K
- Sascha TuchmanDurham$25K
- Oluwatoyosi OnwuemeneDurham$19K
- Andrew PeseskiDurham$371
- Charity OyedejiDurham$125
- Ryan JacobsCharlotte$1.5M
- Alan Zausner SkarbnikCharlotte$1.1M
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.