Lokesh Edara, MD
Allergy · Battle Creek, MINPI 1104890490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 147 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 147 payments — averaging $17.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$462
- GSK$320
- Novartis$272
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$267
- AstraZeneca$244
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$211
- plus $791 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,55399%
- Education$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 19 | $462 |
| GSK | 21 | $320 |
| Novartis | 16 | $272 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $267 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $244 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 13 | $211 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $110 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 7 | $107 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| CSL Behring | 6 | $98 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $53 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $17 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,567 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 22 allergy providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XolairOmalizumab | 14 | $44,565 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 14 | $14,123 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 59 | $12,191 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 35 | $9,739 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 21 | $9,662 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 19 | $7,284 |
| Epinephrine | 16 | $3,779 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 64 | $2,497 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 57 | $2,201 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 59 | $2,194 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 61 | $1,436 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 117 | $1,206 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 45 | $578 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $51 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $320 | $23,78535 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 55th percentile of 22 allergy providers in Michigan.
Other allergy in Battle Creek
- Seshagiri DandamudiBattle Creek$7K
- Chad MayerFarmington Hills$25K
- Ravinder PolasaniJackson$18K
- Mutee AbdeljaberCaro$12K
- James McClellanTraverse City$11K
- Elena LewisPortage$11K
- Byra ReddySaint Joseph$9K
- Jasmine AlsukhonNovi$6K
- Claire WardTraverse City$3K
- Anna DobrackiBrighton$2K
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.