Karol Dangaran, MD
Dermatology · Orange, CANPI 1225062052
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 592 payments — averaging $21.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Novartis$1K
- LEO Pharma Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$871
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$728
- plus $5K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$120%
- Travel & lodging$20%
- Food & beverage$12,29197%
- Education$3082%
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(2 entities) | 114 | $2,413 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 54 | $1,382 |
| Novartis | 76 | $1,273 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 43 | $1,085 |
| Sanofi | 25 | $871 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 49 | $728 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 34 | $722 |
| Pfizer | 39 | $722 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 24 | $589 |
| Amgen | 19 | $441 |
| Incyte Corporation | 18 | $355 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $306 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $222 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $214 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $184 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $161 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $126 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 4 | $107 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $59 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $49 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 3 | $47 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $44 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $40 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Organon | 2 | $37 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Mindera Corp | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Skyrizi$262
- BOTOX COSMETIC$125
How this compares
$12,613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
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 Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 31 | $277,618 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 16 | $59,552 |
| AdbryTralokinumab-Ldrm | 13 | $49,105 |
| Fluorouracil | 49 | $3,416 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 39 | $2,318 |
| Fluocinonide | 36 | $1,369 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 22 | $993 |
| Imiquimod | 18 | $507 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 36 | $350 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 46 | $331 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 15 | $315 |
| Nystatin-TriamcinoloneNystatin/Triamcinolone Acet | 12 | $302 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 11 | $298 |
| Minoxidil | 28 | $232 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LEO Pharma Inc.Adbry | $1,085 | $49,10513 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 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Other dermatology in Orange
- Anand GanesanOrange$2.4M
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$7.8M
- Navid EzraThousand Oaks$7.8M
- Paul WallaceBeverly Hills$7.1M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$6.2M
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.