Samantha Esposito
Family Medicine · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1568891216
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 168 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,497, 6.6 times the $227 reported in 2021.
Across 168 payments — averaging $23.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$736
- Lilly USA, LLC$398
- Dexcom, Inc.$380
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$370
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$279
- plus $608 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,896100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 34 | $1,125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 38 | $736 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $398 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 14 | $380 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 22 | $370 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 14 | $279 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $259 |
| Abbott | 5 | $101 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $33 |
| Valneva USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Invivyd Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- UBRELVY$462
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$127
- ZEPBOUND$120
- QULIPTA$116
- Saxenda$115
How this compares
$3,896 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Pittsburgh
- Nathan BennettPittsburgh$465K
- Deborah GilboaPittsburgh$60K
- Gregory JaffePittsburgh$38K
- Neil SkolnikJenkintown$904K
- Lisa EspinozaNew Hope$722K
- Christopher Varacallodu Bois$627K
- Paul DoghramjiCollegeville$617K
- Brian DeyarminBethel Park$491K
- Gary OwensGlen Mills$404K
- Mary ZakutneyIrwin$393K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.