Dharmik Patel, MD
Dermatology · Waconia, MNNPI 1316408081
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 237 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,147 and has fallen 76.8% since, to $729 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in MN 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 237 payments — averaging $18.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$640
- Amgen$465
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$434
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$430
- Johnson & Johnson$343
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$250
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,396100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 46 | $640 |
| Amgen | 28 | $465 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 19 | $434 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 20 | $430 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $343 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 20 | $250 |
| Incyte Corporation | 7 | $239 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $224 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 7 | $168 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $165 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 7 | $147 |
| UCB, Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| Novartis | 6 | $121 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Gilead | 1 | $82 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $61 |
| Organon | 5 | $56 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $47 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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
$4,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 273 dermatology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 21 | $87,784 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 149 | $7,540 |
| Tacrolimus | 22 | $4,200 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 194 | $2,392 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 87 | $2,387 |
| Ketoconazole | 127 | $1,900 |
| Metronidazole | 26 | $1,362 |
| Fluorouracil | 17 | $1,277 |
| Spironolactone | 36 | $1,112 |
| Tretinoin | 14 | $733 |
| Mupirocin | 84 | $588 |
| Ciclopirox | 18 | $290 |
| Minoxidil | 32 | $277 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 12 | $229 |
| Nystatin | 19 | $220 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Waconia
- Kristina ShafferEagan$538K
- Margareth Pierre-LouisMinneapolis$439K
- Maria HordinskyMinneapolis$85K
- Afsaneh AlaviRochester$71K
- Todd SeelhammerSaint Paul$63K
- Brittney SchultzMinneapolis$52K
- David PearsonMinneapolis$46K
- Phillip EckerWayzata$31K
- Noah GoldfarbMinneapolis$30K
- Saranya WylesRochester$25K
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.