Mercedes Ficarra, MD
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Brooksville, FLNPI 1326220062
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $42,016 of the $42,269 with a category attached, or 99.4%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by CSL Behring at 50.2% of the total. Among anatomic pathology & clinical pathology clinicians in FL 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 37 payments — averaging $1142.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Behring$21K
- CSL Plasma Inc.$21K
- Roche Diagnostics Corporation$159
- Seagen Inc.$65
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$17
- Agilent Technologies, Inc.$13
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$42,01699%
- Food & beverage$2541%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CSL Behring | 14 | $21,236 |
| CSL Plasma Inc. | 17 | $20,780 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 3 | $159 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$42,269 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 510 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Florida.
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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.
Other anatomic pathology & clinical pathology in Brooksville
- Sharon HookGainesville$934K
- William HamiltonGainesville$491K
- Kirit PatelTampa$355K
- Sandra VellaHialeah$330K
- Marilyn BuiTampa$213K
- Amir BehdadWeston$204K
- Philip FoulisTampa$164K
- Farah KhalilTampa$140K
- Mats SandenPensacola$90K
- Judith CimafrancaTampa$77K
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.