Joni Sago, MD
Dermatology · Kingsport, TNNPI 1932187200
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 658 payments — averaging $1005.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$577K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$51K
- Pfizer$31K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$355
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$260
- plus $567 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,3951%
- Speaking & faculty fees$587,74889%
- Travel & lodging$52,7808%
- Food & beverage$14,1002%
- Education$4030%
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) | 569 | $577,382 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 38 | $50,517 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $30,972 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $1,374 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $355 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $260 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $173 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $163 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $123 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $48 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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
$661,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 209 dermatology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 15 | $180,302 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 17 | $67,302 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 16 | $48,551 |
| Fluorouracil | 78 | $6,271 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 101 | $5,941 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 57 | $2,181 |
| Tretinoin | 31 | $1,909 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 38 | $1,739 |
| Tacrolimus | 15 | $1,354 |
| Dutasteride | 56 | $1,183 |
| Minoxidil | 104 | $1,066 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 31 | $966 |
| Spironolactone | 51 | $947 |
| Pentoxifylline | 28 | $860 |
| Metronidazole | 12 | $636 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Kingsport
- Michael GoldNashville$5.5M
- Christina FeserClarksville$3.7M
- Adrian RodriguezNashville$1.6M
- Kimberly VincentNashville$1.5M
- Kimberly GrandeKnoxville$847K
- Judy HuBrentwood$673K
- Keith LovenGoodlettsville$508K
- Jennifer LeeBrentwood$396K
- Pezhman ShoureshiThompsons Station$384K
- Emily OverholserMemphis$322K
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.