Sarah Palilla, PA
Physician Assistant · San Francisco, CANPI 1851819528
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,276 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $3,645 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 67 payments — averaging $339.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Johnson & Johnson$6K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Davol Inc.$187
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,46124%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,26845%
- Travel & lodging$3,50615%
- Food & beverage$3,49015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 43 | $13,222 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $5,697 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 20 | $3,619 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $187 |
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.
- Signia$11,954
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,303
- LigaSure$275
- Phasix Mesh$187
- ProGrip$143
How this compares
$22,726 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 89 | $1,270 |
| Ketoconazole | 11 | $182 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $127 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in San Francisco
- Clarence ChuSan Francisco$29K
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
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.