Lochana Manandhar, MD
Nephrology · Union City, NJNPI 1801121389
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 97 payments — averaging $18.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC$225
- Bayer$178
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$170
- Ardelyx, Inc.$162
- AstraZeneca$157
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$152
- plus $753 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,71896%
- Education$794%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 16 | $225 |
| Bayer | 9 | $178 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 9 | $170 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 6 | $162 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 10 | $157 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $152 |
| Nxstage Medical, Inc. | 3 | $145 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 9 | $129 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $121 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $118 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,796 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 68 | $73,570 |
| VelphoroSucroferric Oxyhydroxide | 15 | $48,446 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 49 | $47,437 |
| RayaldeeCalcifediol | 32 | $39,880 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 31 | $37,179 |
| VeltassaPatiromer Calcium Sorbitex | 42 | $35,802 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 86 | $34,851 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 42 | $29,435 |
| ProcritEpoetin Alfa | 12 | $20,900 |
| LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate | 26 | $19,877 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 245 | $14,998 |
| Cinacalcet Hcl | 27 | $14,770 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 59 | $13,128 |
| Lanthanum Carbonate | 13 | $7,587 |
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $7,177 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma | $157 | $93,44794 claims |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.Velphoro | $77 | $48,44615 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $118 | $47,43749 claims |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCRayaldee | $225 | $39,88032 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $178 | $37,17931 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonProcrit | $14 | $20,90012 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $15 | $7,17712 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 60th percentile of 413 nephrology providers in New Jersey.
Other nephrology in Union City
- Danny HaddadJersey City$1.7M
- Anup PatelWest Orange$1M
- Joshua KaplanNewark$509K
- Lawrence ByrdLivingston$338K
- Devang LodhaviaVoorhees$321K
- Jeffrey FeldmanUnion$315K
- Kenneth LissEatontown$271K
- Narender GoelJersey City$181K
- Vadim FinkielsteinPrinceton Junction$139K
- Neeraj SinghNew Brunswick$133K
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.