RxDoctor Payments Data

Ankeet Shah, MD

Urology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1154779304

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 2 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Ambu Inc. accounts for 71.1% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $2,485.

$98in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $48.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Ambu Inc.$70
  • Boston Scientific$28
$46,457in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 8 payments — averaging $5807.13 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.

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$17K
  • Pfizer$15K
  • Seagen Inc.$14K

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$98100%

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

21
25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Ambu Inc.1$70
Boston Scientific1$28

How this compares

$98 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$142,384
Medicare patients
263
Services billed
807

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar)12$462
Tamsulosin Hcl16$366
Finasteride22$266

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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