Gautham Upadhya, MD
Internal Medicine · Staten Island, NYNPI 1447633805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,676 of the $8,335 with a category attached, or 80.1%. It is spread thinly across 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,948 and has fallen 73.0% since, to $525 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in NY 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 152 payments — averaging $54.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$2K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$829
- Abiomed$617
- AstraZeneca$318
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$235
- plus $3K from 34 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $3897.36 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.
- Amgen$4K
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,12614%
- Food & beverage$6,67680%
- Education$5326%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $1,718 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,527 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $829 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $617 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $318 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $235 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $215 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 5 | $212 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $205 |
| Merck | 11 | $203 |
| Amgen | 5 | $193 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $144 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $109 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $100 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $89 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $85 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Novartis | 3 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $64 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $61 |
| Bayer | 2 | $45 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $44 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Impella$435
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$358
- Accent Pacemaker$321
- CARDIOMEMS$304
- Assurity Pacemaker$247
- INGREZZA$175
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$157
- Edora 8 DR-T$157
- AVEIR$148
- WOLVERINE CORONARY CUTTING BALLOON$140
- VALTOCO$127
- Watchman$127
- TEGSEDI$125
- LOKELMA$125
- XARELTO$125
- Repatha$125
- Orbactiv$122
- Diamondback Coronary$120
- ELIQUIS$120
- VYNDAQEL$116
How this compares
$8,335 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 15 | $22,257 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 11 | $19,578 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 41 | $1,165 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 100 | $975 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 93 | $748 |
| Losartan Potassium | 44 | $605 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 60 | $545 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $265 |
| Carvedilol | 24 | $248 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 19 | $76 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 11 | $28 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $144 | $22,25715 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $64 | $19,57811 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 90th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in Staten Island
- Alan DuntonStaten Island$637K
- Seth BrumStaten Island$294K
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
- Javier MoralesGreenvale$1.3M
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.