Sara Carstensen
Physician Assistant · Tooele, UTNPI 1730372947
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 172 payments — averaging $18.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$982
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$324
- Novo Nordisk$214
- Lilly USA, LLC$183
- Amgen$174
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$148
- plus $1K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,217100%
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 | 48 | $982 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 14 | $324 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $214 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $183 |
| Amgen | 8 | $174 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $148 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 5 | $117 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $106 |
| Bayer | 6 | $105 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $85 |
| Novartis | 5 | $82 |
| GSK | 4 | $63 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $56 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $41 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Organon | 1 | $18 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Collaborative Care Diagnostics, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$3,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,543 physician assistant providers in Utah.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 59 | $59,859 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 39 | $58,058 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 44 | $44,018 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 22 | $40,493 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $23,893 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 23 | $19,974 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 27 | $19,943 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $18,841 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $18,736 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 26 | $17,608 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 16 | $15,935 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 16 | $14,922 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 13 | $14,207 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 13 | $11,849 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 13 | $6,833 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $42 | $59,85959 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $183 | $59,22936 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $214 | $58,05839 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $56 | $50,85057 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere | $41 | $19,94327 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $28 | $18,84121 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $148 | $17,60826 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $63 | $14,92216 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $11 | $3,54311 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 90th percentile of 1,543 physician assistant providers in Utah.
Other physician assistant in Tooele
- Joshua WintersTooele$8K
- Regan BrooksSlc$606K
- Keri HolyoakMidvale$438K
- Jill EricksonSalt Lake City$179K
- Vanessa Beard-ElyMurray$80K
- Natalie BeeSalt Lake City$63K
- Jasmin CharlesTaylorsville$46K
- Luke JenkinsWest Jordan$46K
- Chanise FrandsenSandy$31K
- Alexandra RoccoWashington Terrace$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.