Alok Sengupta, MD
Emergency Medicine · Saint Louis, MONPI 1730105032
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 48 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $267 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $16 in 2025. Among emergency medicine clinicians in MO 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 48 payments — averaging $17.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$270
- Johnson & Johnson$180
- Pfizer$173
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$128
- Boehringer Ingelheim$35
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$34
- plus $37 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$857100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $270 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 14 | $180 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $173 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $128 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $35 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$857 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,073 emergency medicine providers in Missouri.
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.
Other emergency medicine in Saint Louis
- Chrysanthy TsifutisSaint Louis$75K
- Jonathan SchonertSaint Louis$39K
- Charles KircherSaint Louis$29K
- Opeolu AdeoyeSaint Louis$16K
- Peter PanagosSaint Louis$12K
- Jeffrey SieglerSaint Louis$6K
- Robert PoirierSaint Louis$5K
- Alan TaylorSaint Louis$4K
- Stacey HouseSaint Louis$2K
- Mark LevineSaint Louis$2K
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.