Wesley Palmer, DO
Family Medicine · Bridge City, TXNPI 1235111923
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 227 payments — averaging $18.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$668
- Novo Nordisk$518
- Pfizer$338
- AstraZeneca$336
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$334
- Bayer$305
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,05796%
- Education$1554%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 45 | $668 |
| Novo Nordisk | 29 | $518 |
| Pfizer | 22 | $338 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $336 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $334 |
| Bayer | 15 | $305 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $214 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $186 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $180 |
| GSK | 10 | $158 |
| Merck | 6 | $108 |
| Novartis | 6 | $104 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $81 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $71 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Amgen | 3 | $66 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 4 | $61 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $42 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$4,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 192 | $209,451 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 112 | $136,423 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 108 | $88,965 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 63 | $81,242 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 66 | $55,854 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 37 | $55,041 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 46 | $49,359 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 32 | $46,892 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 62 | $36,898 |
| EliquisApixaban | 48 | $36,265 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 41 | $22,648 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 16 | $22,353 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 29 | $20,022 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 12 | $15,129 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 35 | $12,084 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $518 | $264,492229 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $81 | $183,315144 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $336 | $108,987137 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Synjardy Xr | $180 | $103,205100 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet, Lagevrio (Eua) | $108 | $68,73269 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $158 | $66,09691 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq, Veozah | $186 | $47,85375 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $338 | $36,26548 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $104 | $22,35316 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $32 | $11,03122 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $16 | $10,95213 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $668 | $4,21970 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 80th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
Other family medicine in Bridge City
- Douglas DenhamSan Antonio$68.5M
- Vicki MillerPasadena$58.3M
- Hareshkumar BogharaDesoto$30.3M
- Earl MartinTomball$30.1M
- Lisa HollowayHouston$30.1M
- William SegerFort Worth$27.5M
- Veronica FragosoHouston$24.5M
- Joel SolisMcAllen$21.1M
- George AtieeSan Antonio$19.9M
- Bonnie ColvilleHouston$19.6M
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.