Alan Epstein
Clinical Pathology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1215174503
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $530,524 of the $530,774 with a category attached, or 100.0%. EMD Millipore Corporation accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among clinical pathology clinicians in CA 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.
Across 72 payments — averaging $7371.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- EMD Millipore Corporation$531K
- AbbVie$125
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$125
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$530,524100%
- Food & beverage$2500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EMD Millipore Corporation | 70 | $530,524 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $125 |
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
$530,774 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 20 clinical pathology providers in California.
Other clinical pathology in Los Angeles
- Zhen MeiLos Angeles$3K
- Ryan SchmidtLos Angeles$248
- Mark WahrenbrockSan Diego$130K
- Bing ZhangStanford$36K
- Erick LinAliso Viejo$7K
- Arun WiitaSan Francisco$4K
- Jennifer ArmstrongNewport Beach$1K
- Gisela Marrero RiveraSan Francisco$683
- John SoongSan Diego$411
- Edina Wappler-GuzzettaSan Francisco$142
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.