Joy Zhao, MD
Neurology · Burien, WANPI 1275548992
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 249 payments — averaging $25.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$646
- AstraZeneca$597
- UCB, Inc.$577
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$468
- Neurelis, Inc.$384
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$330
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,15097%
- Education$1953%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $646 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 25 | $597 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $577 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 17 | $468 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 12 | $384 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $330 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 13 | $319 |
| Novartis | 11 | $230 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 20 | $214 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 10 | $211 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $206 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $202 |
| Amgen | 4 | $158 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $143 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $136 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 5 | $134 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $125 |
| Biogen | 6 | $123 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 5 | $119 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $104 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $103 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $60 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $59 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $49 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$6,345 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 418 neurology providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 13 | $14,297 |
| Lamotrigine | 44 | $2,408 |
| Levetiracetam | 37 | $1,929 |
| Rivastigmine | 13 | $1,840 |
| DilantinPhenytoin Sodium Extended | 37 | $1,805 |
| Topiramate | 69 | $1,717 |
| Gabapentin | 75 | $1,702 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 43 | $1,401 |
| Carbamazepine | 15 | $778 |
| Phenytoin Sodium Extended | 22 | $639 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 37 | $442 |
| Primidone | 37 | $310 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 13 | $264 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 17 | $221 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary | $468 | $14,29713 claims |
| PfizerDilantin | $103 | $1,80537 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $16 | $1,71769 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 80th percentile of 418 neurology providers in Washington.
Other neurology in Burien
- Jason AldredSpokane$9.5M
- David GreeleySpokane$8.5M
- Pinky AgarwalKirkland$5.4M
- Pavle RepovicSeattle$4.8M
- James BowenKirkland$2.3M
- Michael RosenbloomSeattle$1.8M
- Stacy DonlonTacoma$1.7M
- Patrick HoganTacoma$1.1M
- Daniel BurdickKirkland$1M
- Michael WeissSeattle$936K
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.