Leonardo Zara, MD
Internal Medicine · Goldsboro, NCNPI 1194829499
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 508 payments — averaging $16.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AstraZeneca$996
- Lilly USA, LLC$699
- Boehringer Ingelheim$652
- Merck$407
- Amgen$359
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,110100%
- Education$360%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 116 | $1,653 |
| AstraZeneca | 56 | $996 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 48 | $699 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 38 | $652 |
| Merck | 24 | $407 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 24 | $359 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 20 | $348 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 21 | $311 |
| GSK | 16 | $276 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $275 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 17 | $264 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $211 |
| Abbott | 9 | $209 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $194 |
| Bayer | 11 | $188 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 7 | $152 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $117 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $110 |
| Preventric Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $60 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Novartis | 2 | $29 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Photonicare Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Wegovy$124
How this compares
$8,145 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 134 | $171,690 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 88 | $117,550 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 121 | $113,904 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 72 | $105,944 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 68 | $61,872 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 65 | $60,937 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 28 | $38,129 |
| EliquisApixaban | 49 | $35,522 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 55 | $31,257 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 21 | $29,489 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 29 | $28,232 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 34 | $28,145 |
| GlyxambiEmpagliflozin/Linagliptin | 20 | $26,279 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 20 | $20,202 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 19 | $19,521 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi, Synjardy Xr, Combivent Respimat | $652 | $223,722186 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,653 | $223,494160 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $996 | $113,904121 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $276 | $78,23394 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $407 | $72,94685 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $699 | $67,61849 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $211 | $35,52249 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $275 | $28,14534 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $13 | $20,20220 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $125 | $9,33911 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance | $348 | $8,55011 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 90th percentile of 3,302 internal medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Goldsboro
- Manesh PatelDurham$27.2M
- Saad UsmaniCharlotte$16.2M
- Christina KennellyCharlotte$15.4M
- John RubinoRaleigh$13M
- Adam DevoreDurham$11.8M
- Krishnakumar UdayakumarDurham$11M
- Sylvia ShoffnerCary$7.1M
- Wayne HarperRaleigh$6.7M
- Joseph MoranStatesville$6.7M
- April SalamaDurham$6.5M
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.