William Metz
Nephrology · Columbus, OHNPI 1205366077
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 47 payments — averaging $35.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ardelyx, Inc.$285
- Medtronic$235
- Boehringer Ingelheim$175
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$149
- AstraZeneca$139
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$138
- plus $558 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$50%
- Food & beverage$1,51090%
- Education$16410%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 3 | $285 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $235 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $175 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $149 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $139 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $121 |
| Bayer | 3 | $85 |
| Novartis | 3 | $84 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $76 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $15 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- XPHOZAH 30 MG$266
- SYMPLICITY G3$164
- Rayaldee$149
- AURYXIA$121
- JARDIANCE$117
- TARPEYO$114
- LOKELMA$103
How this compares
$1,680 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 450 nephrology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium Acetate | 38 | $1,544 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 32 | $600 |
| Furosemide | 65 | $332 |
| Losartan Potassium | 27 | $251 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 22 | $231 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 13 | $196 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 41 | $158 |
| Allopurinol | 26 | $155 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 22 | $127 |
| Clonidine Hcl | 13 | $125 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $120 |
| Lisinopril | 22 | $84 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $70 |
| Carvedilol | 20 | $27 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Columbus
- Isabelle AyoubColumbus$1.6M
- Samir ParikhColumbus$699K
- Brad RovinColumbus$625K
- Kevin SchroederColumbus$518K
- Salem AlmaaniColumbus$390K
- Alejandro DiezColumbus$280K
- Sethu MadhavanColumbus$272K
- Todd PesaventoColumbus$214K
- Anil AgarwalColumbus$143K
- Uday NoriColumbus$139K
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.