Appalanaidu Sasapu, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Little Rock, ARNPI 1699936252
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 93 payments — averaging $3370.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$114K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$102K
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$29K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$21K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$21K
- Gilead$19K
- plus $8K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,77942%
- Speaking & faculty fees$34,01054%
- Travel & lodging$6091%
- Food & beverage$1,3132%
- Education$3381%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 10 | $114,201 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $101,669 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $29,314 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $20,647 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 11 | $20,524 |
| Gilead | 18 | $19,407 |
| ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. | 2 | $2,740 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $2,325 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $1,980 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $307 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $143 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $105 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Acrotech Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$313,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 92 hematology & oncology providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XtandiEnzalutamide | 31 | $432,537 |
| KeytrudaPembrolizumab | 34 | $390,172 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 18 | $351,427 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 34 | $237,194 |
| Darzalex FasproDaratumumab-Hyaluronidase-Fihj | 24 | $228,156 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 15 | $224,645 |
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 50 | $216,003 |
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 15 | $204,649 |
| KisqaliRibociclib Succinate | 12 | $201,314 |
| Lenalidomide | 16 | $172,932 |
| TruximaRituximab-Abbs | 19 | $105,513 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 47 | $84,687 |
| MvasiBevacizumab-Awwb | 12 | $55,157 |
| ZarxioFilgrastim-Sndz | 40 | $48,602 |
| XgevaDenosumab | 11 | $34,850 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $105 | $204,64915 claims |
| AmgenMvasi, Xgeva, Riabni | $2,325 | $122,61234 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonProcrit, Xarelto | $143 | $94,44459 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $307 | $15115 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 80th percentile of 92 hematology & oncology providers in Arkansas.
Other hematology & oncology in Little Rock
- Ryan HallLittle Rock$4.1M
- Issam MakhoulLittle Rock$3.4M
- Carolina SchinkeLittle Rock$932K
- Frits van RheeLittle Rock$789K
- Kamal PatelLittle Rock$696K
- Rhonda GentryLittle Rock$328K
- Joseph BeckLittle Rock$261K
- Pooja MotwaniLittle Rock$222K
- David KupermanLittle Rock$187K
- Brad BaltzLittle Rock$106K
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.