RxDoctor Payments Data

Todd Schwedt, MD

Neurology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1669455663

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $175,906 of the $272,925 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 49.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $72,933 and has fallen 81.0% since, to $13,888 in 2025. Among neurology clinicians in AZ 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.

$272,925in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 215 payments — averaging $1269.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$136K
  • Eli Lilly$69K
  • H. Lundbeck A S$17K
  • Amgen$15K
  • Lundbeck LLC$14K
  • Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$10K
  • plus $11K from 6 others
$2,499,938in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 38 payments — averaging $65,788 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.

  • Amgen$1.3M
  • Pfizer$1.2M
  • Novartis$229

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$175,90664%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$59,95322%
  • Travel & lodging$31,58512%
  • Food & beverage$5,1402%
  • Education$3420%

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.

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

$272,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 388 neurology providers in Arizona.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$36,832
Medicare patients
82
Services billed
3,755

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
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate28$50,839
Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe14$10,020
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm12$8,132
Sumatriptan Succinate43$1,261
Amitriptyline Hcl13$427
Memantine Hcl16$200
Topiramate20$131
Pregabalin24$111
RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate11$104

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
PfizerNurtec Odt$55$50,83928 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 388 neurology providers in Arizona.

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