Joseph Pesce, MD
Dermatology · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1548378813
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 218 payments — averaging $20.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$648
- Journey Medical Corporation$325
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$276
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$273
- Novartis$260
- LEO Pharma Inc.$260
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,48198%
- Education$692%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 30 | $648 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 18 | $325 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 16 | $276 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $273 |
| Novartis | 14 | $260 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 12 | $260 |
| Incyte Corporation | 9 | $251 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $217 |
| Amgen | 10 | $187 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $187 |
| Almirall LLC | 9 | $187 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 7 | $184 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $164 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 7 | $158 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $138 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $136 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $103 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $91 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $75 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $50 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $32 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Organon | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $16 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$4,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 84 | $3,439 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 185 | $2,948 |
| Ciclopirox | 60 | $2,484 |
| Alclometasone Dipropionate | 41 | $2,048 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $1,774 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 35 | $1,240 |
| Ketoconazole | 54 | $1,196 |
| Fluorouracil | 21 | $1,142 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 25 | $740 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $709 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 34 | $689 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 48 | $687 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 38 | $583 |
| Desonide | 21 | $520 |
| Selenium Sulfide | 39 | $517 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Bridgeport
- Edward HermanBridgeport$186K
- Katherine PesceBridgeport$13K
- Brett KingFairfield$6.1M
- Michael PayetteCromwell$3.4M
- Bruce StroberCromwell$3.3M
- Lisa DonofrioNew Haven$2.3M
- Mona ShahriariCromwell$2.3M
- Jeremy MossMadison$2.2M
- Brittany CraiglowFairfield$1.9M
- Meagen McCuskerEnfield$1.8M
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.