Deepika Polineni
Pediatric Allergy/Immunology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1043332265
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Vertex accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $18,769 and has fallen 67.7% since, to $6,063 in 2024. Among pediatric allergy/immunology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 44 payments — averaging $880.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$33K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$6K
- Mannkind Corporation$129
- Gilead$114
Across 19 payments — averaging $42,820 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.
- Vertex$814K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,46650%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,93415%
- Travel & lodging$12,56732%
- Food & beverage$7862%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 24 | $32,577 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 18 | $5,934 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $129 |
| Gilead | 1 | $114 |
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
$38,753 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 22 pediatric allergy/immunology providers in Missouri.
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Other pediatric allergy/immunology in Saint Louis
- Gary GoodmanSaint Louis$54K
- Ray DavisSaint Louis$14K
- William JohnsonSaint Louis$7K
- Lisa SuffianSaint Louis$5K
- Alan KnutsenSaint Louis$3K
- Rebekah BrowningSaint Louis$1K
- Caroline HornerSaint Louis$742
- Brooke PolkSaint Louis$711
- Alysa EllisSaint Louis$682
- Alexa DossSaint Louis$480
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.