RxDoctor Payments Data

Dale Prokupek, MD

Gastroenterology · Beverly Hills, CANPI 1780725408

Payments from drug & device makers

$21,088in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 985 payments — averaging $21.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Viiv Healthcare Company$5K
  • Gilead$3K
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • Merck$936
  • plus $7K from 51 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$940%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$3081%
  • Food & beverage$20,29996%
  • Education$3862%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Viiv Healthcare Company245$5,288
Gilead152$2,940
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.100$1,964
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)73$1,675
AbbVie(2 entities)57$1,106
Merck44$936
Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc41$738
Novo Nordisk39$722
EMD Serono, Inc.29$640
QOL Medical, LLC14$403
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)10$337
Amgen14$335
Theratechnologies Inc.11$284
Lilly USA, LLC13$283
Bayer10$263
Antares Pharma, Inc.7$193
Pfizer10$192
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.7$177
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$167
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.5$142
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC7$137
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$130
Novartis5$125
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$119
Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$119
Capsovision, Inc.2$105
Boehringer Ingelheim4$102
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.4$100
Braintree Laboratories, Inc.4$99
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc5$97
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$93
Shield Therapeutics Inc3$86
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.3$79
Tris Pharma Inc3$74
Sanofi3$69
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$65
Eisai Inc.4$62
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$54
Baxter Healthcare1$46
Neos Therapeutics, LP2$46
Janssen Products, LP1$45
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC2$45
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$45
Palette Life Sciences, Inc.1$44
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC2$43
Bristol Myers Squibb2$35
ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc.1$28
Romark Laboratories, LC2$27
Almatica Pharma LLC2$25
Heartflow, Inc.1$24
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc1$21
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$21
Boston Scientific1$20
Tolmar, Inc.1$20
Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC1$20
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.1$16
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation1$16

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

$21,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,748,229
Medicare patients
243
Services billed
67,626

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
SerostimSomatropin68$1,485,567
DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam128$306,905
TivicayDolutegravir Sodium108$260,655
TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi43$152,793
MytesiCrofelemer29$79,980
JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine22$75,907
GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen21$72,084
PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat16$55,852
Omeprazole-Sodium BicarbonateOmeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate12$54,630
CompleraEmtricita/Rilpivirine/Tenof Df13$47,347
LinzessLinaclotide79$43,668
BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala12$42,510
OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala12$40,461
DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine13$37,565
MounjaroTirzepatide24$32,652

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
EMD Serono, Inc.Serostim$640$1,485,56768 claims
Viiv Healthcare CompanyTivicay, Triumeq, Juluca, Dovato$5,288$526,920186 claims
GileadDescovy, Genvoya, Biktarvy$2,940$421,499161 claims
Johnson & JohnsonPrezcobix, Complera, Xarelto$1,675$114,93651 claims
Napo Pharmaceuticals IncMytesi$738$79,98029 claims
MerckIsentress Hd, Pifeltro$936$51,82526 claims
AbbVieLinzess$1,106$43,66879 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$283$32,65224 claims
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCEdurant$45$19,89912 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$722$16,34818 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant, Trintellix$1,964$11,91632 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$102$7,68614 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 80th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.

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