Nikhil Kapila, MD
Gastroenterology · Jacksonville Beach, FLNPI 1972865673
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $46,095 of the $63,264 with a category attached, or 72.9%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc at 50.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $46,483, more than ten times the $392 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology 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 231 payments — averaging $273.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$32K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$14K
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$11K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$594
- plus $2K from 19 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1155.52 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$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,4806%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,09573%
- Travel & lodging$6,85211%
- Food & beverage$6,82811%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 24 | $32,118 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $13,864 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 34 | $11,423 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $2,002 |
| AbbVie | 55 | $1,479 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $594 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $239 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $221 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $192 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $185 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $171 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $115 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $95 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Gilead | 2 | $50 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Orphalan Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $27 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $19 |
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
$63,264 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 19 | $10,161 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 12 | $6,577 |
| PlenvuPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 24 | $3,503 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 284 | $2,603 |
| SuflavePeg 3350/Sod Sulf,chlr/Pot/Mag | 18 | $2,208 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 13 | $2,135 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 13 | $1,854 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 118 | $1,578 |
| Cholestyramine LightCholestyramine | 14 | $662 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 48 | $398 |
| Omeprazole | 30 | $343 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $237 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 16 | $225 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $28 |
| Spironolactone | 14 | $10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,479 | $10,16119 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance, Plenvu | $594 | $10,08136 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 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
Other gastroenterology in Jacksonville Beach
- Samuel GidayOrlando$2M
- Lukasz KwapiszMiami$1.2M
- Jennifer Seminerio-DiehlOrlando$1.1M
- Udayakumar NavaneethanSaint Petersburg$1.1M
- Ronen AraiCoral Springs$1.1M
- Charles SninskyGainesville$983K
- Peter DraganovGainesville$832K
- Arin NewmanMiami Beach$716K
- Joanna LopezMiami$670K
- Jose NietoSebring$573K
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.