Sekhar Upadhyayula, MD
Anesthesiology · Forest Hills, NYNPI 1831100130
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 26 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $290 and has fallen 60.5% since, to $115 in 2024. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 26 payments — averaging $36.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$200
- AbbVie$115
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$112
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$88
- Stratus Medical, LLC$74
- Boston Scientific$71
- plus $298 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$957100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $200 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $115 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $112 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $71 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $40 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $40 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $31 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 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
$957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,157 anesthesiology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 56 | $12,011 |
| Gabapentin | 62 | $1,053 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 36 | $123 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $100 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 43 | $79 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Forest Hills
- Mark KronenfeldBrooklyn$2.4M
- Kiran PatelNew York$832K
- Karina GritsenkoBronx$665K
- Marc DicksteinNew York$585K
- Admir HadzicNew York$510K
- Christopher DimeoNew York$449K
- Christopher RieglerNew York$429K
- William UrmeyNew York$397K
- Sudhir DiwanNew York$255K
- Daniel KatzNew York$190K
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.