Robert Cupelo
Internal Medicine · East Syracuse, NYNPI 1750371548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,466 of the $7,090 with a category attached, or 77.1%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. at 42.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,990 and has fallen 66.5% since, to $1,338 in 2024. Among internal medicine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 26 payments — averaging $272.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.$3K
- Merck$2K
- Modernatx, Inc.$1K
- Genentech, Inc.$990
- Novo Nordisk$17
- Pfizer$16
- plus $53 from 4 others
Across 2,457 payments — averaging $4305.98 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$4.8M
- Eli Lilly$4.4M
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$681K
- Seqirus USA Inc$385K
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.$231K
- Genentech, Inc.$90K
- plus $72K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$99014%
- Travel & lodging$5,46677%
- Food & beverage$6359%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Merck | 9 | $1,676 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 9 | $1,338 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $990 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$7,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in East Syracuse
- David DoveEast Hampton$12.3M
- Bruce BergerBrooklyn$3.4M
- Nicholas RobinsonBuffalo$2.9M
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Scott BeegleAlbany$1.9M
- Anthony MartinezBuffalo$1.6M
- Javier MoralesGreenvale$1.3M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.