Behrang Vessali
Physician Assistant · Los Angeles, CANPI 1194261073
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $29.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teleflex LLC$735
- Pfizer$567
- Novartis$390
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$310
- Baxter Healthcare$300
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$260
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,089100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teleflex LLC | 5 | $735 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $567 |
| Novartis | 24 | $390 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $310 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $300 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 12 | $260 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 10 | $249 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $188 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $185 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $180 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 6 | $161 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $160 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 8 | $157 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $123 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $112 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $77 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Merck | 3 | $75 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $61 |
| BD | 2 | $49 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Tolmar, 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.
- UroLift System$284
- Barrigel$188
- STARLING SYSTEM$150
- UroLift$117
- NOCDURNA$108
- XYOSTED$108
- TLANDO$108
- ORGOVYX$100
How this compares
$5,089 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 85 | $70,136 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 26 | $29,447 |
| Tadalafil | 36 | $8,012 |
| Testosterone | 46 | $5,822 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 254 | $3,623 |
| Estradiol | 19 | $1,723 |
| Silodosin | 22 | $1,525 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 71 | $1,518 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 26 | $1,385 |
| Bicalutamide | 33 | $1,155 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 26 | $1,117 |
| Finasteride | 77 | $734 |
| Imipramine Hcl | 20 | $536 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 33 | $535 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 23 | $308 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $185 | $70,13685 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $112 | $29,44726 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 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Los Angeles
- Eric CheungLos Angeles$213K
- Asia SullivanLos Angeles$61K
- Felipe FindleyLos Angeles$51K
- Melissa GriffinLos Angeles$39K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.