RxDoctor Payments Data

John Zafaranloo, MD

Internal Medicine · Staten Island, NYNPI 1497720056

Payments from drug & device makers

$26,205in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,511 payments — averaging $17.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$5K
  • AstraZeneca$3K
  • Novo Nordisk$3K
  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$2K
  • Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$1K
  • plus $11K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$26,173100%
  • Education$320%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)273$4,642
AstraZeneca147$2,820
Novo Nordisk191$2,693
Amarin Pharma, Inc.104$1,957
Lilly USA, LLC99$1,753
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.102$1,352
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.39$675
Pfizer38$647
Antares Pharma, Inc.35$585
Alkermes, Inc.9$582
Amgen36$577
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC31$564
GSK32$526
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc24$427
Bayer23$424
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.24$405
Tolmar, Inc.24$395
Boehringer Ingelheim15$359
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.19$352
Merck18$276
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC15$249
Intra-sana Laboratories11$231
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)11$193
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC12$191
Astellas Pharma US Inc9$189
Johnson & Johnson9$155
Exact Sciences6$153
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.8$150
Shield Therapeutics Inc7$138
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$136
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.7$127
Lundbeck LLC7$125
Lupin Inc.7$122
Eisai Inc.7$121
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA7$113
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$112
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC6$110
Corcept Therapeutics5$97
Vifor Pharma, Inc.5$92
Scynexis, Inc.5$90
Novartis5$90
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$89
Corium, LLC3$81
Dexcom, Inc.3$79
Aytu Biopharma, Inc.4$77
Insmed, Inc.5$73
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$69
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$58
Melinta Therapeutics, LLC3$57
Incyte Corporation3$54
Shire North American Group Inc3$50
Genentech USA, Inc.3$50
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$47
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.3$42
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$36
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation2$35
Clarus Therapeutics Inc.2$34
Abbott2$33
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC2$31
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$22

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

$26,205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$106,481
Medicare patients
324
Services billed
2,501

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
MounjaroTirzepatide186$253,801
OzempicSemaglutide88$97,120
JardianceEmpagliflozin49$65,835
EliquisApixaban58$63,660
Omeprazole-Sodium BicarbonateOmeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate12$40,459
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol32$36,401
Zileuton ErZileuton11$27,451
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate19$25,544
TrulicityDulaglutide22$20,402
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan18$16,942
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter27$16,814
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl16$12,433
AirsupraAlbuterol Sulfate/Budesonide13$11,990
LivaloPitavastatin Calcium12$11,462
Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec12$8,873

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
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$1,753$274,204208 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$2,693$97,12088 claims
PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt, Paxlovid$647$92,06294 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$359$65,83549 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Airsupra$2,820$48,39245 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$526$23,33143 claims
NovartisEntresto$90$16,94218 claims
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo$1,352$11,46212 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCAmbien$564$6,44511 claims
MerckLagevrio (Eua)$276$4,72512 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$4,642$3,50577 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium$110$2,405228 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 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.

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