Pooja Chitgopeker, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Iowa City, IANPI 1831453463
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 155 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 155 payments — averaging $22.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$685
- Amgen$449
- Merz North America, Inc.$303
- AbbVie$284
- Lilly USA, LLC$249
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$234
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,498100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 44 | $685 |
| Amgen | 22 | $449 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $303 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $284 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $249 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 9 | $234 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $192 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $175 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $127 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $109 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Novartis | 4 | $70 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $68 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $45 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $42 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Organon | 1 | $22 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, 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
Too few mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Iowato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 18 | $314 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Iowa City
- Nicole NegbeneborIowa City$17K
- Spencer McClureIowa City$3K
- Elizabeth CusickIowa City$185
- Marta Hemmingson-VanbeekIowa City$62
- Kirk SideyIowa City$15
- Andrew BeanWest Des Moines$6K
- Hillary Johnson-JahangirCoralville$895
- Caroline MorrisCedar Rapids$315
- Timothy HansenAmes$164
- Hobart WallingCoralville$25
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.