Aruna Gowda, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Newark, OHNPI 1407070576
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $600 of the $979 with a category attached, or 61.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 43.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $480 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $15 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for hematology & oncology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $2,354.
Across 12 payments — averaging $81.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$422
- Novocure GmbH$200
- GSK$100
- Amgen$99
- Exelixis Inc.$70
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$30
- plus $58 from 3 others
Across 24 payments — averaging $211.39 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.
- Merck$5K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$60061%
- Food & beverage$151%
- Education$26427%
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(2 entities) | 3 | $422 |
| Novocure GmbH | 1 | $200 |
| GSK | 1 | $100 |
| Amgen | 1 | $99 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- SOLIRIS$150
How this compares
$979 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 37 | $485,299 |
| NubeqaDarolutamide | 22 | $268,504 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 13 | $212,772 |
| AlecensaAlectinib Hcl | 12 | $210,953 |
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 14 | $178,231 |
| Lenalidomide | 11 | $98,288 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 20 | $40,846 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 50 | $35,616 |
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $26,358 |
| Imatinib Mesylate | 25 | $18,948 |
| Anastrozole | 173 | $2,723 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 47 | $1,208 |
| Potassium Chloride | 18 | $1,067 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 141 | $942 |
| Hydroxyurea | 38 | $874 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $15 | $26,35843 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 35th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
Other hematology & oncology in Newark
- Hillard LazarusCleveland$2M
- Kasra KaramlouSandusky$1.8M
- David WaterhouseCincinnati$1.3M
- Taral PatelColumbus$888K
- Tarek ChidiacColumbus$765K
- Saulius GirniusMontgomery$707K
- Ronald BukowskiCleveland$594K
- Balazs HalmosCleveland$568K
- Jorge GarciaCleveland$513K
- Alejandro CalvoKettering$463K
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.