Ari Kostadaras, MD
Nephrology · Astoria, NYNPI 1447285911
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 58 payments — averaging $78.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$899
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$479
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$320
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$211
- Vantive US Healthcare LLC$166
- plus $988 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,45598%
- Education$712%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $1,462 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $899 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $479 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 5 | $320 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $211 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 2 | $166 |
| Abbott | 1 | $150 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $137 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $125 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $66 |
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.
- LOKELMA$894
- XARELTO$491
- INVOKANA$375
- Veltassa$355
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$150
- XPHOZAH 30 MG$150
- Renal - PD$145
- ELIQUIS$125
- HawkOne$125
- LUPKYNIS$125
- FARXIGA$125
- JARDIANCE$125
- Vafseo$124
- AURYXIA$124
- SOLIQUA 100/33$110
How this compares
$4,526 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 935 nephrology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $9,207 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 22 | $1,457 |
| Febuxostat | 12 | $1,109 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 44 | $580 |
| Torsemide | 30 | $395 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 18 | $280 |
| Allopurinol | 29 | $278 |
| Losartan Potassium | 29 | $190 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 21 | $189 |
| Furosemide | 26 | $163 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 13 | $125 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 37 | $122 |
| Finasteride | 11 | $109 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 11 | $107 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Astoria
- Joji TokitaNew York$8.4M
- Krzysztof KirylukNew York$6.7M
- David BernardNew York$6M
- Andrew BombackNew York$3.4M
- Pietro CanettaNew York$3.2M
- Robert LynnBronx$2M
- Jodumutt BhatMaspeth$1.5M
- Gerald AppelNew York$1.5M
- David CharytanNew York$1.3M
- Frank CortazarAlbany$1.1M
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.