Carlos Zapata, MD
Endocrinology · Tallahassee, FLNPI 1669480802
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 91 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 26.4% of the total.
Across 91 payments — averaging $55.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- AbbVie$784
- Lilly USA, LLC$615
- AstraZeneca$533
- Medtronic$274
- Novo Nordisk$218
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,03799%
- Education$321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 15 | $1,340 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $784 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $615 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $533 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $274 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $218 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $170 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $158 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 10 | $139 |
| Abbott | 4 | $130 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $124 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $114 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $106 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Merck | 1 | $45 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
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
Too few endocrinology providers in Floridato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 | 144 | $182,800 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 151 | $142,607 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 90 | $92,225 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 132 | $78,596 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 133 | $76,762 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 68 | $65,536 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 126 | $46,941 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 14 | $32,403 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 366 | $29,626 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 22 | $28,835 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 36 | $28,285 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 21 | $24,510 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 32 | $22,090 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 24 | $18,701 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 57 | $17,249 |
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 | $218 | $182,800144 claims |
| MerckJanumet Xr, Janumet, Januvia | $45 | $142,600158 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Synthroid | $784 | $62,029380 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $615 | $53,34543 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $533 | $17,00719 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $36 | $3,442262 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. There are too few endocrinology providers in Floridaon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other endocrinology in Tallahassee
- Vivian RoseCoral Springs$14K
- Bryan VinikBoca Raton$13K
- Renee FreedmanBoca Raton$10K
- Rolando RodriguezBoca Raton$8K
- Michael FiliMiami$4K
- Rodolfo Perez LopezHialeah$3K
- Mohammad BaigTampa$2K
- Myat MyintHudson$182
- Kathryn JonesBoca Raton$142
- Alan BalsamDeerfield Beach$0
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.