Sameer Murali, MD
Obesity Medicine · Houston, TXNPI 1174732291
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $80,575 of the $93,371 with a category attached, or 86.3%. Lilly USA, LLC accounts for 96.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $92,249, more than ten times the $91 reported in 2021.
Across 166 payments — averaging $562.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$90K
- Novo Nordisk$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$91
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$35
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$32
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$31
- plus $99 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,1302%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,57586%
- Travel & lodging$8,2319%
- Food & beverage$2,4023%
- Education$320%
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 | 115 | $90,090 |
| Novo Nordisk | 42 | $2,992 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $91 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Convatec 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.
How this compares
Too few obesity medicine providers in Texasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 234 | $270,239 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 128 | $140,578 |
| WegovySemaglutide | 30 | $37,476 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $23,904 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 355 | $3,459 |
| Scopolamine | 29 | $2,932 |
| Topiramate | 176 | $1,995 |
| Famotidine | 130 | $1,831 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 22 | $1,421 |
| Naltrexone Hcl | 17 | $984 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 69 | $729 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 63 | $644 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 46 | $415 |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | 28 | $361 |
| Zonisamide | 21 | $308 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Wegovy | $2,992 | $307,715264 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $90,090 | $140,578128 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $19 | $23,90420 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. There are too few obesity medicine providers in Texason file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other obesity medicine in Houston
- Alan GlombickiHouston$93K
- Sully DrotarDallas$194K
- Suzanne CudaSan Antonio$40K
- Michael SegerSan Antonio$16K
- Richa MittalFrisco$8K
- Kurt ReyesMcKinney$4K
- Laura MontesMcAllen$1K
- Christina UlbrichDallas$793
- Michele CaveneePlano$363
- Ryan RatliffTyler$332
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.