Roohi Desai, MD
Family Medicine · Saint Louis, MONPI 1770533184
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 307 payments — averaging $16.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$633
- Novo Nordisk$626
- AstraZeneca$564
- GSK$490
- Pfizer$402
- Amgen$350
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,131100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 31 | $633 |
| Novo Nordisk | 39 | $626 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $564 |
| GSK | 33 | $490 |
| Pfizer | 37 | $402 |
| Amgen | 24 | $350 |
| Novartis | 27 | $342 |
| Exact Sciences | 12 | $278 |
| Abbott | 6 | $143 |
| Bayer | 8 | $133 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 6 | $130 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $99 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $83 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Merck | 3 | $53 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $33 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $29 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Biogen | 1 | $24 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$5,131 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,203 family medicine providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 132 | $112,781 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 102 | $80,280 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 35 | $43,181 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 34 | $41,707 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 24 | $40,714 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 44 | $29,307 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 109 | $28,702 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 22 | $28,261 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 28 | $17,667 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 37 | $17,102 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $14,116 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 11 | $9,241 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 871 | $7,922 |
| Semglee (Yfgn) PenInsulin Glargine-Yfgn | 16 | $6,835 |
| Gabapentin | 323 | $6,510 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Arexvy, Breo Ellipta | $490 | $126,085248 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $402 | $112,781132 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $99 | $50,94845 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $633 | $43,18135 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $350 | $40,71424 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Farxiga, Symbicort | $564 | $36,50857 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $83 | $29,30744 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $626 | $28,26122 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 85th percentile of 2,203 family medicine providers in Missouri.
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- Jarad SchwartzSaint Louis$36K
- Christina RobinsSaint Louis$27K
- Michael SpeziaSaint Louis$26K
- Amanda BooneSaint Louis$17K
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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.