Stefani Takahashi, MD
Dermatology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1215961735
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 26 payments — averaging $22,176 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$577K
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$16
Across 3 payments — averaging $1513.10 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$5K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$16100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 25 | $576,550 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$576,567 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 13 | $47,757 |
| Tacrolimus | 19 | $1,877 |
| Fluocinonide | 12 | $706 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 42 | $343 |
| Ketoconazole | 11 | $187 |
| Mupirocin | 17 | $104 |
| Hydrocortisone | 12 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Los Angeles
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$6.2M
- Christopher HoLos Angeles$2M
- Pearl GrimesLos Angeles$1.6M
- Jonathan CotliarLos Angeles$1.4M
- Jennifer HsiaoLos Angeles$1.1M
- Derek JonesLos Angeles$1.1M
- Roger LoLos Angeles$727K
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
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.