Kostas Botsoglou, MD
Rheumatology · Cheektowaga, NYNPI 1295981652
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $2,024,727 of the $2,642,965 with a category attached, or 76.6%. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. at 25.1% of the total. Among rheumatology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 4,591 payments — averaging $575.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$664K
- AbbVie$561K
- Amgen$333K
- Johnson & Johnson$165K
- UCB, Inc.$163K
- AstraZeneca$154K
- plus $604K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$172,0257%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,024,72777%
- Travel & lodging$344,76013%
- Food & beverage$100,3004%
- Education$1,1120%
- Gifts$410%
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.
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.
- ACTHAR$723,762
- Rinvoq$345,498
- Otezla$212,249
- SIMPONI ARIA$193,754
- Skyrizi$158,482
- Tremfya$149,186
- SAPHNELO$147,643
- KEVZARA$130,143
- Bimzelx$89,094
- Enbrel$78,013
- PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL$65,117
- COSENTYX$65,052
- Cimzia$57,892
- STELARA$42,854
- Tavneos$39,095
- LUPKYNIS$30,852
- RAYOS$29,793
- CRYSVITA$25,664
- CYLTEZO$16,804
- Humira$16,008
How this compares
$2,642,965 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 120 | $836,695 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 92 | $742,446 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 41 | $385,510 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 30 | $196,276 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 21 | $129,937 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 23 | $128,620 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 12 | $86,588 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 13 | $73,816 |
| Adalimumab-Adaz(Cf) PenAdalimumab-Adaz | 28 | $60,429 |
| InflectraInfliximab-Dyyb | 13 | $40,080 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 23 | $36,781 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 408 | $24,368 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 388 | $14,042 |
| Leflunomide | 25 | $2,460 |
| Febuxostat | 21 | $2,457 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq | $560,788 | $836,695120 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel, Otezla, Prolia | $333,288 | $197,18548 claims |
| PfizerXeljanz, Inflectra | $25,265 | $170,01734 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $80 | $1,53662 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 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
Other rheumatology in Cheektowaga
- Ekaterini ZapantisCheektowaga$220K
- Laurie GlimcherNew York$3.9M
- Grace WrightNew York$3M
- Sergio SchwartzmanNew York$2.5M
- Allan GibofskyNew York$1.9M
- Petros EfthimiouNew York$791K
- Richard FurieNew Hyde Park$746K
- Barry GruberBabylon$742K
- Olga PetrynaNew York$509K
- Sanjay GodhwaniWading River$472K
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.