Bruce Sands, MD
Gastroenterology · New York, NYNPI 1093706665
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $625,873 of the $809,923 with a category attached, or 77.3%. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.8%. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NY 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 510 payments — averaging $1588.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$120K
- Eli Lilly$111K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$102K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$81K
- Merck$60K
- AbbVie$44K
- plus $292K from 28 others
Across 170 payments — averaging $12,387 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1.9M
- Pfizer$176K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$13K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$12K
- Genentech, Inc.$4K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$2K
- plus $4K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$625,87377%
- Speaking & faculty fees$127,75516%
- Travel & lodging$44,0245%
- Food & beverage$5,1581%
- Education$7,1141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 44 | $119,742 |
| Eli Lilly | 101 | $110,602 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 46 | $102,363 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 63 | $81,054 |
| Merck | 44 | $60,457 |
| AbbVie | 40 | $43,848 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 16 | $32,443 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 23 | $29,487 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $28,506 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 16 | $26,724 |
| Gilead | 8 | $24,082 |
| GSK | 2 | $20,072 |
| Tanabe Pharma Corporation | 8 | $15,657 |
| Celltrion, Inc. | 6 | $15,255 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 12 | $14,912 |
| Whitehall International Inc | 4 | $14,146 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $12,158 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $10,438 |
| Amgen | 7 | $9,675 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $8,050 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 2 | $6,060 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 2 | $5,152 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $4,200 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 12 | $3,678 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $3,500 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 3 | $3,112 |
| Novartis | 1 | $1,650 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $1,250 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $650 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS | 2 | $638 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $186 |
| Anx Robotica Corp | 1 | $128 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $26 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $20 |
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
$809,923 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| StelaraUstekinumab | 20 | $547,530 |
| Skyrizi On-BodyRisankizumab-Rzaa | 11 | $223,495 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 11 | $76,531 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 16 | $50,119 |
| Mesalamine | 28 | $17,286 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 14 | $480 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $28,506 | $547,53020 claims |
| AbbVieRinvoq | $43,848 | $76,53111 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 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
Other gastroenterology in New York
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Jean Frederick ColombelNew York$786K
- Seth GrossNew York$624K
- Caterina Oneto ArayaNew York$610K
- Dana LukinNew York$491K
- Ilan WeisbergNew York$446K
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.