RxDoctor Payments Data

William Bauer, MD

Internal Medicine · Bremerton, WANPI 1902887276

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 361 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 9.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,279 and has fallen 53.8% since, to $1,052 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in WA 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.

$10,894in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 361 payments — averaging $30.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$1K
  • AstraZeneca$973
  • Lilly USA, LLC$917
  • Novo Nordisk$905
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$737
  • AbbVie$466
  • plus $6K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$160%
  • Food & beverage$10,843100%
  • Education$360%

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

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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
Amgen42$1,060
AstraZeneca26$973
Lilly USA, LLC35$917
Novo Nordisk36$905
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.15$737
AbbVie(2 entities)19$466
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$329
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.6$305
Boehringer Ingelheim10$281
Bayer7$265
Abbott2$227
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.4$220
Merck9$210
Neurelis, Inc.4$190
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.4$188
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC8$173
Astellas Pharma US Inc7$173
Amarin Pharma, Inc.6$172
Pfizer9$165
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC5$164
Corcept Therapeutics4$159
Johnson & Johnson8$154
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc7$151
Bristol Myers Squibb8$148
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$147
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$145
Genentech USA, Inc.1$121
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)5$119
Novartis6$118
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals1$116
Organogenesis Inc.1$108
EMD Serono, Inc.2$106
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.4$97
Alkermes, Inc.1$91
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.3$74
Lifescan, Inc.3$72
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$69
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$67
Mylan Specialty L.p.3$65
GSK3$54
Eisai Inc.2$50
Biogen2$48
Exact Sciences2$45
Viatris Specialty LLC2$43
Shield Therapeutics Inc2$42
Radius Health, Inc.2$38
Edwards Lifesciences1$32
Corium, LLC1$29
Medicomp Inc1$27
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$25
Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc.1$24
Medtronic1$22
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.1$22
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22
Linus Health, Inc.1$21
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$21
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$19
Lundbeck LLC1$19
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc1$16
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc1$16

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

$10,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,038 internal medicine providers in Washington.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$173,333
Medicare patients
300
Services billed
2,213

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
MounjaroTirzepatide174$238,407
OzempicSemaglutide61$94,567
TrulicityDulaglutide38$75,522
EliquisApixaban74$74,147
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol44$53,535
JardianceEmpagliflozin38$46,354
XareltoRivaroxaban29$27,412
MyrbetriqMirabegron27$20,967
ElmironPentosan Polysulfate Sodium12$12,408
BelsomraSuvorexant21$12,168
Ezetimibe180$5,042
Gabapentin122$3,645
Levetiracetam29$3,104
Rosuvastatin Calcium32$3,052
Atorvastatin Calcium298$2,931

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
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$917$313,929212 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$905$94,56761 claims
PfizerEliquis$165$74,14774 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$973$53,53544 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$281$46,35438 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$154$27,41229 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$173$20,96727 claims
MerckBelsomra$210$12,16821 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$466$76614 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 2,038 internal medicine providers in Washington.

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