Ayesha Butt, MD
Internal Medicine · Tonawanda, NYNPI 1164669651
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 204 payments — averaging $18.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$413
- GSK$391
- Pfizer$375
- Lilly USA, LLC$352
- Novo Nordisk$275
- AbbVie$218
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,687100%
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(2 entities) | 22 | $413 |
| GSK | 23 | $391 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $375 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $352 |
| Novo Nordisk | 17 | $275 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $218 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $217 |
| Bayer | 11 | $208 |
| Merck | 10 | $172 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $127 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $118 |
| Amgen | 6 | $109 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $81 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Abbott | 3 | $59 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $44 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 2 | $38 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $33 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Gilead | 1 | $18 |
| Metacel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,687 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 110 | $128,733 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 58 | $94,266 |
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $69,198 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 31 | $67,871 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 46 | $55,462 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 40 | $34,922 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 28 | $28,182 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 15 | $27,148 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 16 | $23,472 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 20 | $20,749 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 23 | $14,440 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 12 | $14,028 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 13 | $13,442 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $11,553 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 178 | $11,163 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $57 | $156,915138 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $275 | $121,41473 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $391 | $87,76480 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $352 | $81,31344 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $375 | $69,19843 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $413 | $43,19653 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $172 | $23,47216 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $118 | $14,02812 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $218 | $4,69741 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 85th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Tonawanda
- Helena YuNew York$50.9M
- Neha KordeNew York$21.2M
- Karen AutioNew York$18.5M
- Ingo MellinghoffNew York$16.1M
- Gopakumar IyerNew York$12.4M
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Robert CupeloEast Syracuse$10.6M
- Patrick ReaganRochester$9.4M
- Sally LauNew York$8.4M
- Angela BrancheRochester$7.9M
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.