RxDoctor Payments Data

Fadi Saba, MD

Internal Medicine · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1588658348

Payments from drug & device makers

$2,111,016in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 667 payments — averaging $3164.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$508K
  • Scpharmaceuticals Inc.$365K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$271K
  • AstraZeneca$222K
  • Eli Lilly$181K
  • Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$95K
  • plus $469K from 54 others
$6,549in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $1637.22 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.

  • Eli Lilly$7K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,6109%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$10,70038%
  • Travel & lodging$2671%
  • Food & beverage$14,47452%
  • Education$430%

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
Astrazeneca UK Limited3$508,421
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.3$364,843
Boehringer Ingelheim15$270,617
AstraZeneca43$221,725
Eli Lilly13$180,912
Kowa Research Institute, Inc.30$94,529
AbbVie(2 entities)103$84,264
American Regent13$72,632
Sanofi US Services Inc.15$72,142
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$36,625
Vertex2$33,401
Pfizer50$29,450
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.39$24,577
Sanofi Pasteur Inc.2$21,936
Chiesi USA, Inc.3$18,100
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg1$17,321
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$12,283
H. Lundbeck A S4$11,483
Novo Nordisk AS5$11,127
Merz North America, Inc.24$5,084
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC4$5,031
Astellas Pharma US Inc12$3,780
Bayer13$3,032
Amarin Pharma, Inc.2$1,776
Abbott13$430
GSK19$366
Novo Nordisk12$332
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.22$299
UCB, Inc.9$275
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC15$272
Axonics, Inc.3$248
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.20$247
Smith+Nephew7$197
Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC1$195
Galderma Laboratories, L.p.13$195
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.10$181
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$176
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.9$157
Johnson & Johnson9$145
Gilead7$142
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.1$142
Amgen8$139
Janssen Research & Development, LLC1$134
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)7$115
Cardinal Health 200 LLC2$114
Novartis6$109
Merck7$106
Insmed, Inc.6$104
Dexcom, Inc.5$81
Lucid Diagnostics Inc.3$60
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$55
Boston Scientific2$52
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$51
Medtronic1$50
Coloplast1$47
Corcept Therapeutics2$45
Mannkind Corporation1$43
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc3$42
Lundbeck LLC2$42
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$31

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

$2,111,016 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$383,247
Medicare patients
880
Services billed
4,719

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
EliquisApixaban1,858$706,607
XifaxanRifaximin145$213,781
BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala51$210,456
OzempicSemaglutide166$206,238
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate259$165,907
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter206$149,448
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol269$148,675
TrulicityDulaglutide195$133,057
XareltoRivaroxaban335$129,460
JardianceEmpagliflozin211$116,541
MounjaroTirzepatide70$67,427
CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate11$66,998
Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine13$66,136
TivicayDolutegravir Sodium27$65,715
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol136$64,698

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
PfizerEliquis$29,450$706,6071,858 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Fiasp$332$280,118286 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta$366$235,342401 claims
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan$272$213,781145 claims
GileadBiktarvy$142$210,45651 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort$221,725$186,824402 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Combivent Respimat$270,617$171,828301 claims
MerckJanuvia$106$165,907259 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto, Risperdal Consta$145$154,204354 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone, Austedo Xr$299$133,13524 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar, Creon$84,264$126,682141 claims
Smith+NephewSantyl$197$58,16473 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 8,530 internal medicine providers in Florida.

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