Victor Shpilberg, MD
Family Medicine · Louisville, KYNPI 1356335889
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 199 payments — averaging $51.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$7K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- GSK$395
- Pfizer$226
- AbbVie$219
- Johnson & Johnson$219
- plus $983 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,36863%
- Travel & lodging$2172%
- Food & beverage$3,56535%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 36 | $7,095 |
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $1,025 |
| GSK | 22 | $395 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $226 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $219 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $219 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $194 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $160 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Abbott | 3 | $72 |
| Amgen | 5 | $67 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $66 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$10,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 69 | $106,251 |
| EliquisApixaban | 77 | $93,069 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 66 | $85,633 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 77 | $69,006 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $48,321 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 35 | $46,321 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 12 | $36,696 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 33 | $35,404 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $33,558 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 16 | $32,765 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 36 | $29,465 |
| SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 29 | $29,208 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 25 | $28,268 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 28 | $19,377 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $18,460 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy, Synjardy Xr, Combivent Respimat | $194 | $163,891123 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta | $395 | $97,803121 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $226 | $97,20391 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $7,095 | $85,63366 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $66 | $81,08542 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Farxiga, Symbicort | $1,025 | $53,39853 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $160 | $46,32135 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $32 | $36,69612 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $219 | $33,55820 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Fetzima | $219 | $25,60727 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $25 | $12,86916 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 1,559 family medicine providers in Kentucky.
Other family medicine in Louisville
- Christopher RhyneLouisville$1M
- Michael LovelaceLouisville$244K
- Suraj GathaniLouisville$69K
- Mandy WhittLouisville$38K
- Michael PendletonLouisville$29K
- Rajanbhai AminLouisville$26K
- James WrightLouisville$18K
- Rosenberg ReyesLouisville$18K
- Dennis GrayLouisville$14K
- Vincent LangLouisville$12K
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.