Prakash Neupane, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Westwood, KSNPI 1700822210
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (53.1%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Merck accounts for 70.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $18,553 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $131 in 2025.
Across 17 payments — averaging $1531.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$18K
- Sanofi$4K
- Coherus Oncology, Inc.$2K
- Exelixis Inc.$2K
- Novocure Inc.$146
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$124
- plus $202 from 5 others
Across 437 payments — averaging $6164.84 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.
- Merck$1.1M
- Incyte Corporation$1M
- AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$318K
- AstraZeneca$121K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$51K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,64514%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,82053%
- Travel & lodging$8,05931%
- Food & beverage$4442%
- Education$670%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 7 | $18,468 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $3,645 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $1,650 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Precigen, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $31 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $18 |
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
$26,035 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 97 hematology & oncology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TagrissoOsimertinib Mesylate | 34 | $563,086 |
| LenvimaLenvatinib Mesylate | 12 | $274,003 |
| ErivedgeVismodegib | 21 | $267,566 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $23,571 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 156 | $1,053 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $982 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 47 | $886 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 84 | $841 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $600 |
| Gabapentin | 39 | $577 |
| Olanzapine | 23 | $423 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 20 | $405 |
| Omeprazole | 19 | $310 |
| Mirtazapine | 27 | $266 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 20 | $242 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eisai Inc.Lenvima | $73 | $274,00312 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 75th percentile of 97 hematology & oncology providers in Kansas.
Other hematology & oncology in Westwood
- Priyanka SharmaWestwood$135K
- Gary DoolittleWestwood$102K
- Sunil AbhyankarWestwood$78K
- Leyla ShuneWestwood$56K
- Anthony SungWestwood$49K
- Anup Kumar Kasi Loknath KumarWestwood$31K
- Muhammad Umair MushtaqWestwood$21K
- Jesus Gonzalez LugoWestwood$4K
- Qamar KhanWestwood$1K
- Tahani AtiehWestwood$1K
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.