Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

SAMUEL TAYLOR PLOST

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine

NPI
1083956031
CMS profile
736209
Location
NEW ORLEANS, LA

General Payments · PY2018

$323.03

  • Reported across 22 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2018

$323.03

22 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $323.03 22

By paying entity

PY2018 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
PFIZER INC. $190.13 12
Acerta Pharma LLC $47.91 4
Amgen Inc. $32.90 2
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.08 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $13.89 1
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $12.12 1
Novo Nordisk AS $11.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $323.03 22

Payment records · PY2018 (22)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2018
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Amgen Inc. $17.20 01/25/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 568209655 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.70 03/12/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 568209665 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $11.04 01/11/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 561255129 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $10.97 03/19/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 562300931 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $11.79 04/03/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 560194745 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.11 04/10/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 560326883 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $12.12 02/23/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 594021876 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $15.08 03/04/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 549944295 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $13.89 05/23/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 604383933 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $11.00 07/13/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 588202399 CMS
PFIZER INC. $9.41 01/19/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610540743 CMS
PFIZER INC. $111.64 01/24/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610480787 CMS
PFIZER INC. $9.01 02/09/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610368331 CMS
PFIZER INC. $0.38 02/22/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610695617 CMS
PFIZER INC. $1.99 04/27/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610651313 CMS
PFIZER INC. $9.55 06/07/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610613265 CMS
PFIZER INC. $0.48 06/28/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610472657 CMS
PFIZER INC. $11.01 06/28/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610589537 CMS
PFIZER INC. $1.66 06/28/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610643755 CMS
PFIZER INC. $14.40 08/06/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610600217 CMS
PFIZER INC. $9.92 08/08/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610257483 CMS
PFIZER INC. $10.68 08/10/2018 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 610752587 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2018_P01232026_01102026.csv

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