Stepfani Tagupa, PA
Physician Assistant · Orlando, FLNPI 1205301249
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.4% of the total across 129 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,314 and has fallen 73.2% since, to $621 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 129 payments — averaging $48.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Cvrx, Inc.$502
- Endologix LLC$313
- Inari Medical, Inc.$269
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2264%
- Food & beverage$6,02796%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $1,442 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 16 | $1,321 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 33 | $1,022 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 12 | $502 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $313 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $269 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $252 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $200 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $126 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $91 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $89 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $78 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Stryker | 2 | $56 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $44 |
| Abbott | 1 | $38 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $32 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $25 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| BD | 1 | $19 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$998
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$998
- HawkOne$365
- Barostim Neo System$282
- Valiant Captivia$249
- IN.PACT Admiral$241
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$168
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$168
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$130
- INGREZZA$128
- PICO$123
- SpiderFX$122
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$115
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$110
- XARELTO$110
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$105
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$105
How this compares
$6,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 71 | $2,031 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 46 | $518 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Orlando
- Risha BellomoOrlando$397K
- Nicole HillOrlando$319K
- Gina ManginOrlando$300K
- Brandon NievesOrlando$235K
- Nancy MimbsOrlando$118K
- Daniel HendricksOrlando$53K
- Audrey BeckerSt Augustine$689K
- Kevin WilliamsTampa$647K
- Brian BonomoLecanto$559K
- Melissa SingletonOcala$482K
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.