Balraj Bajaj, MD
Allergy & Immunology · Richmond, VANPI 1760869754
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 452 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,604, more than ten times the $25 reported in 2020.
Across 452 payments — averaging $18.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- GSK$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- CSL Behring$866
- Sanofi$645
- Novartis$575
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,373100%
- Education$350%
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 | 74 | $1,374 |
| GSK | 76 | $1,248 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 51 | $1,075 |
| CSL Behring | 40 | $866 |
| Sanofi | 28 | $645 |
| Novartis | 30 | $575 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 16 | $397 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 15 | $276 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $271 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 14 | $251 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 10 | $236 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $228 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 24 | $219 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 22 | $194 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 7 | $163 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $35 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$8,408 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 133 allergy & immunology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XolairOmalizumab | 43 | $147,812 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 23 | $85,580 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 12 | $44,483 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 18 | $11,418 |
| DuleraMometasone/Formoterol | 16 | $7,129 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 14 | $5,491 |
| Epinephrine | 23 | $5,461 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 73 | $2,061 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 65 | $1,431 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 25 | $1,027 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 30 | $546 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 60 | $502 |
| Cromolyn Sodium | 13 | $380 |
| Famotidine | 29 | $345 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 30 | $344 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKNucala, Trelegy Ellipta | $1,248 | $55,90230 claims |
| MerckDulera | $14 | $7,12916 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $1,374 | $5,49114 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAEpinephrine | $35 | $5,46123 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 70th percentile of 133 allergy & immunology providers in Virginia.
Other allergy & immunology in Richmond
- Michael BlumbergRichmond$32K
- William EschenbacherRichmond$8K
- Lachara LivingstonRichmond$7K
- Kelley von EltenRichmond$5K
- Charles LaneLynchburg$1.4M
- Jacqueline Eghrari-SabetVienna$1M
- Eric KarlinWilliamsburg$522K
- Nicholas RiderRoanoke$227K
- Courtney BlairMc Lean$139K
- Andrew KimFredericksburg$104K
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.