Anu Chaudhry, MD
Nephrology · Rahway, NJNPI 1295709061
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 314 payments — averaging $18.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$544
- Amgen$525
- AstraZeneca$508
- Novo Nordisk$380
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$373
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$371
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,695100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 25 | $544 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 31 | $525 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 30 | $508 |
| Novo Nordisk | 25 | $380 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 25 | $373 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 20 | $371 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $337 |
| Bayer | 15 | $294 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $273 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 15 | $239 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 11 | $181 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $167 |
| Abbott | 8 | $154 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $116 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $115 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $108 |
| GSK | 6 | $102 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 6 | $97 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $71 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $62 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $49 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $42 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $29 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Renal - Chronic$150
- LEQVIO$135
- XPHOZAH 30 MG$105
How this compares
$5,695 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 111 | $103,764 |
| EliquisApixaban | 210 | $86,590 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $73,068 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 67 | $70,534 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 66 | $54,807 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 36 | $34,255 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 41 | $22,648 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 36 | $19,756 |
| RetacritEpoetin Alfa-Epbx | 22 | $19,462 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 15 | $19,005 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 11 | $17,875 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 13 | $17,009 |
| ProsolParenteral Amino Acid 20% No.1 | 117 | $16,818 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $12,697 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 161 | $12,267 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma, Symbicort | $508 | $141,379161 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Retacrit | $42 | $106,052232 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $115 | $73,06845 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $380 | $70,53467 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $544 | $22,64841 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $97 | $17,87511 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $49 | $12,69716 claims |
| GSKIncruse Ellipta | $102 | $4,63613 claims |
| AmgenEpogen | $525 | $2,04011 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
Other nephrology in Rahway
- Danny HaddadJersey City$1.7M
- Anup PatelWest Orange$1M
- Joshua KaplanNewark$509K
- Lawrence ByrdLivingston$338K
- Devang LodhaviaVoorhees$321K
- Jeffrey FeldmanUnion$315K
- Kenneth LissEatontown$271K
- Narender GoelJersey City$181K
- Vadim FinkielsteinPrinceton Junction$139K
- Neeraj SinghNew Brunswick$133K
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.