Bhavandeep Bajaj, MD
Internal Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1003011214
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 1,144 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 53 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,734 and has fallen 50.0% since, to $1,866 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in MD 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 1,144 payments — averaging $18.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- GSK$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- plus $11K from 47 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20,48899%
- Education$1511%
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.
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.
- GEMTESA$125
- AREXVY$119
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$106
How this compares
$20,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 95 | $154,558 |
| EliquisApixaban | 234 | $130,126 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 56 | $84,939 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 57 | $70,806 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 91 | $60,934 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 67 | $57,202 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 12 | $47,973 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 30 | $46,429 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 78 | $39,428 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 34 | $35,618 |
| SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist. | 11 | $31,135 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 65 | $30,333 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 16 | $22,575 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 12 | $16,966 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 14 | $14,546 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $2,293 | $154,55895 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $1,383 | $131,36886 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $1,040 | $130,126234 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $956 | $101,140122 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $1,651 | $90,717133 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $815 | $60,93491 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq | $51 | $47,97312 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $755 | $39,42878 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $219 | $35,61834 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia | $354 | $27,78133 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Lokelma | $1,817 | $26,58654 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $607 | $22,57516 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 2,979 internal medicine providers in Maryland.
Other internal medicine in Baltimore
- Param DedhiaBaltimore$636K
- Shawn DhillonBaltimore$227K
- Jeremy SugarmanBaltimore$210K
- Charles FlexnerBaltimore$133K
- Kristen MarroneBaltimore$97K
- Ana-Maria OrbaiBaltimore$89K
- Mark YarchoanBaltimore$89K
- David Muniz PedrogoBaltimore$82K
- Julie PaikBaltimore$76K
- Allison AgwuBaltimore$58K
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.