Mehul Sonawala, MD
Internal Medicine · Pomona, CANPI 1336166180
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 250 payments — averaging $4932.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$838K
- Novartis$391K
- Johnson & Johnson$931
- Merck$593
- Boehringer Ingelheim$486
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$483
- plus $2K from 31 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $32,691 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$33K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,07096%
- Education$1864%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 12 | $838,160 |
| Novartis | 22 | $390,901 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 51 | $931 |
| Merck | 34 | $593 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 28 | $486 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 28 | $483 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $267 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $167 |
| Abbott | 6 | $113 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $100 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 3 | $67 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $51 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $35 |
| GSK | 2 | $33 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
- MOUNJARO$108
How this compares
$1,233,091 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 48 | $39,659 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 21 | $21,394 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 32 | $19,344 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 33 | $18,322 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $17,798 |
| EliquisApixaban | 29 | $17,477 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 16 | $16,882 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $14,090 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 17 | $9,028 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 18 | $5,726 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 19 | $5,354 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 111 | $3,127 |
| Fluticasone Propionate HfaFluticasone Propionate | 11 | $1,983 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 195 | $1,438 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 148 | $1,195 |
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, Combivent Respimat | $486 | $57,98181 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $51 | $21,39421 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $593 | $19,34432 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $267 | $17,79819 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $39 | $17,47729 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $390,901 | $16,88216 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $931 | $14,09022 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 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in Pomona
- Mallu ReddyPomona$6.9M
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Joel NeutelTustin$34.9M
- Donald BrandonSan Diego$34M
- William TownerLos Angeles$27.4M
- Rahul AggarwalSan Francisco$24M
- Masoud AzizadNorthridge$21.1M
- Helen StaceyWalnut Creek$20.4M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$15.1M
- Zeid KayaliColton$14.2M
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.