Stefanie Sarantopoulos, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Durham, NCNPI 1801986781
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,524 of the $27,352 with a category attached, or 82.3%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC at 40.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,270, more than ten times the $60 reported in 2020.
Across 17 payments — averaging $1608.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$11K
- Sanofi$11K
- Incyte Corporation$3K
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$121
- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$99
- plus $76 from 1 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $17,491 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.
- Gilead$35K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,52482%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,4759%
- Travel & lodging$1,5336%
- Food & beverage$8193%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $11,118 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $10,923 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $2,540 |
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $2,475 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $99 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
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.
- DEFITELIO$121
How this compares
$27,352 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 358 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 63 | $1,076,585 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $316 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 13 | $171 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $2,540 | $1,076,58563 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 85th percentile of 358 hematology & oncology providers in North Carolina.
Other hematology & oncology in Durham
- Michael MorseDurham$2.6M
- Phillip FebboDurham$749K
- Matthew McKinneyDurham$277K
- Taewoong ChoiDurham$207K
- Ivy AltomareDurham$164K
- Jeffrey CrawfordDurham$125K
- Carlos de CastroDurham$124K
- Joseph MooreDurham$97K
- Ammon FagerDurham$56K
- Jameel MuzaffarDurham$31K
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.