Who Paid My Doc
Daniel Bessesen
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Denver, CO Medical Doctor
NPI 1447262506 CMS profile 774729
777 Bannock St, Mc 7782, Denver, CO 80204
General payments
$33,898
Research payments
$665
Ownership & investment interest
$0
Research they led as principal investigator
$1,130,703
Through program year 2025, Daniel Bessesen of Denver, CO is reported in the CMS Open Payments database as having received $33,898 across 43 general payments and $665 in research payments paid to them. Separately, studies naming them as principal investigator received $1,130,703 in research payments, paid to institutions rather than to them.
No combined total General, research and ownership are kept apart. Each is reported under its own rules, and ownership is not money that moved at all but the value of a stake held. A meal, a clinical trial grant and a shareholding do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them. The principal-investigator line is research money paid to institutions for studies they led — not to them — and is not added to anything either.
General payments for this record sit in the 88th percentile of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism profiles with reported payments. Percentile describes the distribution, not the conduct.
By program year
6 rows| Year | Kind | Relative to this record's peak year | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | General | $17,634 | 18 | |
| 2023 | General | $122 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Research | $665 | 1 | |
| 2022 | General | $14,259 | 21 | |
| 2021 | General | $1,870 | 2 | |
| 2020 | General | $14 | 1 |
Beside peers
- Daniel Bessesen
- Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism median
- Middle half of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
- National median
In program year 2025, general payments to Daniel Bessesen were reported at $17,634. Among 5,868 Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism profiles paid that year, the median was $507 and the middle half received between $135 and $1,838.
Show as a table
| Year | Daniel Bessesen | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism median | Middle half | National median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $0 | $494 | $123–$2,253 | $163 |
| 2020 | $14 | $335 | $85–$1,841 | $114 |
| 2021 | $1,870 | $398 | $88–$1,981 | $132 |
| 2022 | $14,259 | $364 | $88–$1,568 | $149 |
| 2023 | $122 | $420 | $113–$1,614 | $160 |
| 2024 | $0 | $440 | $121–$1,646 | $164 |
| 2025 | $17,634 | $507 | $135–$1,838 | $169 |
Breakdown
A payment can name more than one product, so these amounts overlap and do not add up to the general-payment figure.
Prescribing to Medicare patients
Part D · data year 2024 · 7 drugsPart D claims
109
Drug cost
$579,239
Branded share of claims
52.3%
| Drug | Type | Relative to their largest | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crysvita Burosumab-Twza | Brand | 13 | $531,233 | |
| Trulicity Dulaglutide | Brand | 19 | $22,401 | |
| Teriparatide | Generic | 15 | $18,622 | |
| Ozempic Semaglutide | Brand | 13 | $5,604 | |
| Insulin Aspart Flexpen Insulin Aspart | Brand | 12 | $987 | |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Generic | 25 | $324 | |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Generic | 12 | $67 |
Drug cost is what was paid for the drugs at the pharmacy — by Medicare, the patient and others — and is not money to the prescriber. Medicare Part D only: drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries. A drug with fewer than 11 claims for this prescriber is not published, so a missing drug does not mean zero. The medians are for the 6,527 Part D prescribers listed as Endocrinology; they describe a distribution and say nothing about conduct.
Records
44 reportedEvery payment, record by record
Date, company, amount, what it was for and the product named — filter by year, kind and company, or download as CSV.
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How to read this page
What each amount means, and what it does not mean.
What this means
U.S. law requires drug and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value they make to physicians and teaching hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publishes that record each year. This page shows what was reported about this person, and nothing else.
An ownership interest is different from the other two. It is not a payment: it is a stake — shares, options, a partnership holding — that a physician or an immediate family member held in a manufacturer during that year. The figure shown is what the stake was reported to be worth.
Research payments frequently pass through a clinician to the institution running a trial, and rarely represent personal income. They should be read differently from general payments.