Sonia Abichandani, MD
Gastroenterology · Cary, NCNPI 1588059067
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 226 payments — averaging $22.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$615
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$464
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$298
- QOL Medical, LLC$213
- Celltrion USA Inc.$169
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,66293%
- Education$3247%
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 | 79 | $1,724 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $615 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 24 | $464 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $298 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 12 | $213 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 7 | $169 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $165 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 7 | $149 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $128 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $120 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 5 | $119 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $84 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Gilead | 3 | $63 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $51 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $51 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $42 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Capsovision, 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.
- Rinvoq$109
How this compares
$4,986 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 30 | $21,544 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 46 | $7,831 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 43 | $3,114 |
| Omeprazole | 76 | $974 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 13 | $394 |
| Famotidine | 21 | $333 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 15 | $297 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $144 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,724 | $21,54430 claims |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clenpiq | $68 | $7,83146 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 60th percentile of 610 gastroenterology providers in North Carolina.
Other gastroenterology in Cary
- Christopher McGowanCary$1M
- Nidhi MalhotraCary$177K
- Subhash GumberCary$167K
- Evan DellonChapel Hill$11.2M
- Andrew MuirDurham$6.6M
- Manal AbdelmalekDurham$5.6M
- Robert ReindollarSalisbury$2.5M
- John PoulosFayetteville$2.1M
- Hans HerfarthChapel Hill$2M
- Herbert BonkovskyWinston Salem$1.7M
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.