Sreelekha Susarla, MD
Internal Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1831185073
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 96 payments — averaging $18.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$315
- Amgen$256
- AbbVie$134
- Novartis$109
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$92
- Merck$83
- plus $799 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,787100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 18 | $315 |
| Amgen | 14 | $256 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $134 |
| Novartis | 5 | $109 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Merck | 5 | $83 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $79 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $72 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $72 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Abbott | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $48 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $33 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $29 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,787 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 43 | $61,796 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 30 | $52,310 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 41 | $49,487 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 28 | $45,822 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 22 | $26,184 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 12 | $23,779 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 34 | $19,120 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $18,860 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 360 | $4,254 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 285 | $3,902 |
| Estradiol | 43 | $2,980 |
| Risedronate Sodium | 28 | $2,682 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 34 | $2,531 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 317 | $2,328 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 13 | $1,844 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $72 | $61,79643 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $256 | $52,31030 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $83 | $49,48741 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $79 | $26,18422 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $65 | $23,77912 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $315 | $19,12034 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $134 | $2,53134 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 80th percentile of 2,212 internal medicine providers in Arizona.
Other internal medicine in Tucson
- Robert MutterperlTucson$5.3M
- Nebojsa SkrepnikTucson$4.7M
- Franz RischardTucson$3.7M
- Girish KaramchandaniTucson$2.9M
- Siddharth SinghalTucson$1.3M
- Rajesh JanardhananTucson$983K
- Carl DienerTucson$750K
- Roxana RodriguezTucson$547K
- Mona SelejTucson$440K
- Muhammad HusnainTucson$359K
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.