Aneesha Shetty
Nephrology · Tucson, AZNPI 1841505070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 92.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,617 and has fallen 83.6% since, to $1,900 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in AZ 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 43 payments — averaging $802.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$32K
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$2K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$256
- GSK$118
- Sanofi$24
- Merck$22
Across 1 payment — averaging $17,516 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Gilead$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,10050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,62819%
- Travel & lodging$8,35624%
- Food & beverage$2,3857%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 35 | $32,028 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $2,037 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $256 |
| GSK | 1 | $118 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $24 |
| Merck | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Envarsus$36,073
- TARPEYO$2,037
- THYMOGLOBULIN$239
How this compares
$34,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 259 nephrology providers in Arizona.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 19 | $447,644 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 43 | $31,743 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 28 | $26,621 |
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $13,582 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 25 | $5,376 |
| Valganciclovir Hcl | 13 | $3,932 |
| Fluconazole | 59 | $2,136 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 34 | $1,435 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 17 | $1,368 |
| Ultra-Fine Micro Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 14 | $1,117 |
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 13 | $964 |
| Prednisone | 98 | $518 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 45 | $513 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 41 | $424 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 48 | $352 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Tucson
- David WhittmanTucson$13K
- Bijin ThajudeenTucson$7K
- Mindy JanTucson$7K
- Tausif ZarTucson$6K
- Vincent CampionTucson$5K
- Randy CooperPeoria$597K
- Minesh RajpalPeoria$403K
- Umar WaheedPeoria$150K
- Amer KhanPeoria$71K
- Samer Bani HaniPhoenix$54K
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.