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

MELANIE K BELL

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1639396781
CMS profile
10487274
Location
PORT ARTHUR, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$4,305.65

  • Reported across 269 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$841.99

52 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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $841.99 52

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $1,405.62 86
PY2022 $1,059.36 68
PY2023 $998.68 63
PY2024 $841.99 52

Payment records · PY2024 (52)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $10.30 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509248 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.69 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509250 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.68 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509252 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.24 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509254 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.77 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509256 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.08 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509258 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $9.99 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509260 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.74 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509262 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.35 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509264 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.54 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509266 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.83 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509268 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.05 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509270 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.47 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509272 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $9.73 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509274 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.35 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509276 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.57 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509278 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.66 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509280 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $28.59 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106509282 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.76 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117201139 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $17.01 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104603546 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.23 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105587036 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $13.79 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104687132 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.36 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104306184 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.32 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086354652 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.42 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086283700 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.50 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086323368 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.55 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086286446 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.66 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086291160 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $25.12 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086366367 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.16 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118090938 CMS
Exact Sciences Corporation $16.42 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114481364 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $27.37 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116625180 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.71 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135785690 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.25 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135817878 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.08 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135757434 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.05 07/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135745456 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.22 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100588587 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.44 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100304507 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $4.28 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100364591 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.76 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100571522 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $9.01 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100628236 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $2.99 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100338033 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.01 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100583726 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.27 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100484029 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $19.82 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100363675 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $14.81 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100319270 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $16.62 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100585454 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.61 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131077065 CMS
PFIZER INC. $23.19 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131753118 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.86 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151148315 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.85 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151148317 CMS
Radius Health, Inc. $16.86 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1090033659 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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