John Santoro
Gastroenterology · Egg Harbor Township, NJNPI 1245308196
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $61,330 of the $80,493 with a category attached, or 76.2%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 52.6% of the total. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 349 payments — averaging $230.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$42K
- Gilead$21K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$10K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$485
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$424
- plus $1K from 14 others
Across 67 payments — averaging $3034.46 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.
- Pfizer$96K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$78K
- AbbVie$14K
- Intercept Pharma Europe Ltd.$11K
- Gilead$4K
- Eli Lilly$363
- plus $194 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,70012%
- Speaking & faculty fees$61,33076%
- Travel & lodging$4,3175%
- Food & beverage$5,1306%
- Education$160%
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(2 entities) | 99 | $42,301 |
| Gilead | 60 | $20,922 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 8 | $9,915 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $5,132 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 38 | $485 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 29 | $424 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $243 |
| Merck | 19 | $221 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 16 | $219 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $156 |
| Shionogi Inc | 8 | $109 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $63 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 3 | $44 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $28 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $11 |
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
$80,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 701 gastroenterology providers in New Jersey.
Other gastroenterology in Egg Harbor Township
- Barry KaufmanEgg Harbor Township$157K
- Vinod RustgiNew Brunswick$431K
- Zamir BrelviNewark$391K
- Adam ElfantMount Laurel$385K
- Devjit NayarHoboken$258K
- Lea ChenNew Brunswick$185K
- Alexander PerelmanWest Orange$160K
- Anish ShethPrinceton$151K
- Ramesh GuptaFair Lawn$143K
- Sanket PatelVoorhees$134K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.