Sharon Rachapudi
Pediatrics · Tampa, FLNPI 1447601653
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 59 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $358 and has fallen 58.4% since, to $149 in 2025.
Across 59 payments — averaging $18.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$137
- Philips North America LLC$110
- Novo Nordisk$99
- Abbott$95
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$91
- Amgen$72
- plus $483 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,088100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 8 | $137 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $110 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $99 |
| Abbott | 5 | $95 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Amgen | 5 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $66 |
| Bayer | 2 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $45 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 2 | $38 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,964 pediatrics providers in Florida.
Other pediatrics in Tampa
- Jorge Lujan-ZilbermanTampa$378K
- Christina CanodyTampa$87K
- Nicole MillerTampa$12K
- Michele Johnson-TowsonTampa$10K
- Barbara GarciaTampa$8K
- Lindsey BrunnerTampa$7K
- Lauren KuschelTampa$7K
- Daime Nieves MunozTampa$6K
- Bonnie SmeryageHollywood$153K
- Patricia DeanMiami$92K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.