Sonya Burton, MD
Dermatology · Bethesda, MDNPI 1336133057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 268 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 268 payments — averaging $22.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$716
- Johnson & Johnson$507
- Amgen$437
- Novartis$435
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$275
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,90399%
- Education$801%
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 | 61 | $1,173 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 35 | $716 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $507 |
| Amgen | 18 | $437 |
| Novartis | 18 | $435 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $275 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 9 | $267 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $262 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $240 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $240 |
| Incyte Corporation | 9 | $202 |
| UCB, Inc. | 9 | $199 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $192 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $87 |
| Biocon Biologics Inc | 3 | $86 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $79 |
| Merck | 2 | $68 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Organon | 1 | $21 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$5,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 306 dermatology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 38 | $2,159 |
| Tretinoin | 26 | $1,455 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 25 | $899 |
| Ketoconazole | 57 | $884 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $635 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 18 | $523 |
| Ciclopirox | 11 | $487 |
| Permethrin | 11 | $431 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 70 | $389 |
| Hydrocortisone | 35 | $168 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Bethesda
- Susan WalkerBethesda$221K
- Thomas YuBethesda$14K
- Nashida BeckettBethesda$10K
- Benjamin LockshinSilver Spring$4M
- Shawn KwatraBaltimore$1.1M
- Chesahna Kindred WeaverMarriottsville$837K
- Oanh LauringNottingham$763K
- Ronald PrussickN Bethesda$620K
- Rebecca KazinChevy Chase$342K
- Monte MeltzerBerlin$220K
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.