Daniel Sugai, MD
Dermatology · Bellevue, WANPI 1609138718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (59.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 61.6% of it on its own, with 35 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $191,886 and has fallen 72.1% since, to $53,538 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in WA 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 1,261 payments — averaging $239.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$186K
- Amgen$49K
- Incyte Corporation$46K
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
- plus $13K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$94,61331%
- Speaking & faculty fees$179,12559%
- Travel & lodging$5,5512%
- Food & beverage$22,1987%
- Education$2610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 140 | $185,787 |
| Amgen | 42 | $48,769 |
| Incyte Corporation | 45 | $45,807 |
| AbbVie | 182 | $3,104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 171 | $2,976 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 29 | $2,176 |
| Novartis | 152 | $1,853 |
| UCB, Inc. | 54 | $1,361 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 63 | $1,338 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 48 | $1,234 |
| Sanofi | 47 | $1,177 |
| Pfizer | 52 | $1,172 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 35 | $1,007 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 40 | $861 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 31 | $611 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 12 | $523 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 31 | $378 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 26 | $342 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $265 |
| Almirall LLC | 7 | $162 |
| Organon | 7 | $123 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $115 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $98 |
| Sandoz | 4 | $94 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $58 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $39 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $14 |
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
$301,748 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 323 dermatology providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OtezlaApremilast | 12 | $57,823 |
| AdbryTralokinumab-Ldrm | 11 | $41,551 |
| PlaquenilHydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 11 | $8,331 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 67 | $3,486 |
| Ketoconazole | 233 | $2,889 |
| Metronidazole | 36 | $2,109 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 48 | $2,066 |
| Fluorouracil | 24 | $1,523 |
| Tretinoin | 15 | $1,390 |
| Ciclopirox | 32 | $1,197 |
| Fluocinonide | 36 | $1,172 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 22 | $1,082 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 31 | $885 |
| Econazole Nitrate | 30 | $866 |
| Mupirocin | 98 | $745 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $48,769 | $57,82312 claims |
| LEO Pharma Inc.Adbry | $611 | $41,55111 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 323 dermatology providers in Washington.
Other dermatology in Bellevue
- Clive LiuBellevue$2.9M
- Jing LiuBellevue$49K
- Kieu DangBellevue$15K
- Rachel WheatleyBellevue$11K
- Sean IgelmanBellevue$10K
- Deetta GrayBellevue$9K
- Anna TappelBellevue$8K
- Hannah PileBellevue$6K
- Lawrence GogenolaBellevue$6K
- Vivian ShiSeattle$971K
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.