RxDoctor Payments Data

Wesley Mizutani, MD

Rheumatology · Long Beach, CANPI 1699774919

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bristol Myers Squibb at 31.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,258 and has fallen 86.7% since, to $2,685 in 2025.

$40,107in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 88 payments — averaging $455.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Bristol Myers Squibb$13K
  • Amgen$10K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$6K
  • AbbVie$5K
  • Boston Scientific$3K
  • Cardinal Health 108 LLC$3K
  • plus $1K from 7 others
$89,834in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 21 payments — averaging $4277.81 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.

  • Pfizer$22K
  • GSK$20K
  • Amgen$15K
  • UCB SA$11K
  • Genentech, Inc.$8K
  • Novartis$8K
  • plus $7K from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$13,70634%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$18,78347%
  • Travel & lodging$4,63812%
  • Food & beverage$2,9717%
  • Education$90%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Bristol Myers Squibb24$12,786
Amgen15$9,945
Boehringer Ingelheim10$6,438
AbbVie7$4,607
Boston Scientific5$2,624
Cardinal Health 108 LLC7$2,588
Pfizer10$431
AstraZeneca(2 entities)3$268
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.1$130
Lilly USA, LLC3$117
Cardinal Health 110 LLC1$100
Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.1$42
Medtronic1$31

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

$40,107 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$10,798
Medicare patients
44
Services billed
101

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
Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab24$172,232
Enbrel SureclickEtanercept12$89,348
SaphneloAnifrolumab-Fnia13$60,294
ProliaDenosumab12$20,495
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate37$1,942
Mycophenolate Mofetil14$1,696
MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium56$1,354
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen74$1,208
Etodolac24$1,067
Prednisone154$612
Celecoxib28$519
Sulfasalazine18$471
Pilocarpine Hcl12$400
Nabumetone33$346
Diclofenac Sodium13$328

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
AstraZenecaSaphnelo$268$60,29413 claims
AmgenProlia$9,945$20,49512 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 85th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.

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