Csaba Kovesdy
Nephrology · Salem, VANPI 1477553022
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 714 payments — averaging $2123.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$429K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$354K
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$236K
- GSK$184K
- AstraZeneca$138K
- Gilead$46K
- plus $129K from 13 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $112.78 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.
- Gilead$1K
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 253 | $429,357 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 7 | $353,562 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 254 | $236,002 |
| GSK | 63 | $183,966 |
| AstraZeneca | 66 | $138,468 |
| Gilead | 23 | $45,831 |
| Novartis | 5 | $26,406 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 4 | $25,700 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $23,334 |
| Vertex | 3 | $13,370 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 2 | $11,589 |
| Eli Lilly | 3 | $6,891 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $5,870 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $4,999 |
| Rockwell Medical, Inc. | 1 | $3,675 |
| Amgen | 1 | $3,000 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $2,310 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 4 | $1,886 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
How this compares
$1,516,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 298 nephrology providers in Virginia.
Other nephrology in Salem
- Devasmita DevSalem$494K
- Olayiwola AyodejiHampton$7M
- Kiranjit DhillonNorfolk$4.5M
- Gaurav GuptaRichmond$2.1M
- Ramon MendezWoodbridge$1.5M
- Varagur Bala SubramanianAlexandria$957K
- Ahmadshah MirkhelFairfax$902K
- Renuka SothinathanFairfax$617K
- Steven LewinskiChesapeake$512K
- Reza ZonoziFairfax$482K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.