Ashwin Gupta
Physician Assistant · Philadelphia, PANPI 1033766480
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Gilead accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,407, more than ten times the $1,449 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 121 payments — averaging $271.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$29K
- AbbVie$975
- Novo Nordisk$790
- Viiv Healthcare Company$490
- GSK$466
- AstraZeneca$372
- plus $929 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,98015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,00846%
- Travel & lodging$6,96121%
- Food & beverage$5,87118%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 72 | $28,798 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $975 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $790 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 8 | $490 |
| GSK | 4 | $466 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $372 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $174 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $122 |
| Bayer | 1 | $117 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $115 |
| Merck | 1 | $92 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $74 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $28 |
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
$32,819 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 67 | $265,378 |
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 15 | $100,348 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 15 | $67,306 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 11 | $35,863 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $115 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy | $28,798 | $265,37867 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyCabenuva, Juluca | $490 | $136,21226 claims |
| Janssen Products, LPSymtuza | $74 | $67,30615 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 95th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
Other physician assistant in Philadelphia
- Melissa FerrariPhiladelphia$223K
- Alvin KingcadePhiladelphia$68K
- Trevor BonneyPhiladelphia$44K
- Christopher EsworthyPhiladelphia$31K
- Carolyn ZawislakPhiladelphia$29K
- Kristen JonesPhiladelphia$22K
- Simone HoldenPhiladelphia$17K
- Erin CrownState College$1.2M
- Tricia BootsCranberry Twp$313K
- Jason OberdickWexford$206K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.