Saba Ali, MD
Dermatology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1861689283
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 431 payments — averaging $18.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Amgen$735
- Pfizer$621
- Lilly USA, LLC$569
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$554
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,75997%
- Education$2573%
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 | 118 | $1,262 |
| AbbVie | 67 | $1,159 |
| Amgen | 32 | $735 |
| Pfizer | 30 | $621 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 33 | $569 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 23 | $554 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $442 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $312 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $283 |
| Incyte Corporation | 7 | $231 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 14 | $223 |
| Novartis | 11 | $220 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $217 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 10 | $173 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $167 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $130 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $97 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $92 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $44 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| GSK | 1 | $25 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 2 | $25 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Nobelpharma America, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$8,017 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 626 dermatology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 146 | $2,921 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 74 | $2,872 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 39 | $1,323 |
| Metronidazole | 20 | $1,019 |
| Desonide | 22 | $965 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 32 | $911 |
| Fluorouracil | 11 | $880 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 90 | $795 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 11 | $696 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $500 |
| Spironolactone | 14 | $407 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 20 | $348 |
| Minoxidil | 41 | $262 |
| Finasteride | 19 | $190 |
| Prednisone | 19 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Pittsburgh
- Laura FerrisPittsburgh$4.3M
- Joe TungPittsburgh$1.5M
- Oleg AkilovPittsburgh$1.3M
- Neil NirenPittsburgh$574K
- Timothy PattonPittsburgh$276K
- Charles MountPittsburgh$189K
- Daniel KaplanPittsburgh$165K
- Hassane ZarourPittsburgh$131K
- Victoria WerthPhiladelphia$7.2M
- Joel GelfandPhiladelphia$3.6M
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.