Elangovan Balakrishnan, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Columbia, MONPI 1407843022
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 574 payments — averaging $17.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Seagen Inc.$804
- AbbVie$705
- Johnson & Johnson$700
- Novartis$627
- AstraZeneca$605
- Gilead$564
- plus $6K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,41291%
- Education$8809%
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.
How this compares
$10,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 211 hematology & oncology providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 47 | $834,043 |
| OjjaaraMomelotinib Dihydrochloride | 13 | $343,143 |
| BrukinsaZanubrutinib | 19 | $267,824 |
| LynparzaOlaparib | 14 | $226,341 |
| ScemblixAsciminib Hydrochloride | 12 | $208,811 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 27 | $178,516 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 11 | $121,644 |
| Abiraterone Acetate | 22 | $44,556 |
| EliquisApixaban | 54 | $43,851 |
| Anastrozole | 166 | $3,372 |
| Fentanyl | 37 | $3,301 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $1,895 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 49 | $1,737 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 116 | $1,615 |
| Letrozole | 87 | $1,426 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $557 | $834,04347 claims |
| GSKOjjaara | $186 | $343,14313 claims |
| Beigene USA, Inc.Brukinsa | $41 | $267,82419 claims |
| AstraZenecaLynparza | $605 | $226,34114 claims |
| NovartisScemblix | $627 | $208,81112 claims |
| AbbVieVenclexta | $705 | $178,51627 claims |
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $167 | $121,64411 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $436 | $43,85154 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Acyclovir | $12 | $92861 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $182 | $22933 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 60th percentile of 211 hematology & oncology providers in Missouri.
Other hematology & oncology in Columbia
- Gerhard HildebrandtColumbia$1.6M
- David SchlossmanColumbia$1.2M
- Jaffar HilliColumbia$128K
- Vipul BhanderiColumbia$81K
- Cherian VergheseColumbia$47K
- Ruo Bing XueColumbia$46K
- Umasankar RamadossColumbia$45K
- Liana MakarianColumbia$44K
- Michael TrendleColumbia$38K
- Maxwell KremColumbia$38K
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.