RxDoctor Payments Data

Raghavesh Pullalarevu, MD

Nephrology · Royal Oak, MINPI 1689985079

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.2%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 28.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $393, 3.5 times the $113 reported in 2019.

$1,472in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 43 payments — averaging $34.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$412
  • Vifor Pharma, Inc.$200
  • Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$177
  • Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$100
  • Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$98
  • Cormedix Inc.$70
  • plus $417 from 14 others
$11,250in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $5625.00 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.

  • Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$11K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$17512%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$40027%
  • Food & beverage$72549%
  • Education$17312%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$1,472 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$129,145
Medicare patients
353
Services billed
3,609

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol38$30,012
LokelmaSodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate21$15,619
Cinacalcet Hcl22$10,398
Valganciclovir Hcl65$7,720
XareltoRivaroxaban13$7,068
Calcitriol145$3,268
Calcium Acetate27$2,099
Nifedipine ErNifedipine61$1,407
Potassium Chloride42$1,115
Tamsulosin Hcl81$1,098
Pantoprazole Sodium62$1,027
Prednisone165$1,026
Losartan Potassium109$999
Metoprolol Succinate75$924
Labetalol Hcl14$908

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Lokelma$412$45,63159 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 65th percentile of 325 nephrology providers in Michigan.

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