Avais Masud, MD
Nephrology · Neptune, NJNPI 1114983541
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $5,800 of the $7,130 with a category attached, or 81.3%. AstraZeneca accounts for 74.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,201 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $153 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 31 payments — averaging $230.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$5K
- Daxor Corporation$900
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$207
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$150
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$143
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$138
- plus $258 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,80081%
- Food & beverage$1,19217%
- Education$1392%
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 | 13 | $5,335 |
| Daxor Corporation | 1 | $900 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $207 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $138 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $12 |
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.
- FARXIGA$5,276
- BVA-100$900
- TERLIVAZ$150
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$143
- Veltassa$105
How this compares
$7,130 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 | 38 | $39,058 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 13 | $23,277 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 21 | $22,808 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 64 | $9,783 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 19 | $9,503 |
| ProsolParenteral Amino Acid 20% No.1 | 53 | $6,668 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 84 | $5,550 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 86 | $4,488 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 34 | $4,229 |
| Valsartan | 109 | $3,094 |
| Amlodipine-ValsartanAmlodipine Besylate/Valsartan | 20 | $2,725 |
| Calcitriol | 99 | $2,667 |
| Torsemide | 157 | $2,414 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 273 | $1,634 |
| Allopurinol | 139 | $1,303 |
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 | $5,335 | $48,56157 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 90th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
Other nephrology in Neptune
- Harry DounisNeptune$75K
- Arif AsifNeptune$42K
- Lawrence ByrdLivingston$338K
- Jeffrey FeldmanUnion$315K
- Joshua KaplanNewark$154K
- Vadim FinkielsteinPrinceton Junction$139K
- Neeraj SinghNew Brunswick$133K
- Kenneth LissEatontown$75K
- Jeffrey GoodmanFlorham Park$70K
- Joseph AlbaneseBrick$41K
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.