Sterling Dubin, MD
Gastroenterology · San Diego, CANPI 1215223474
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 155 payments — averaging $19.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$978
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$466
- Johnson & Johnson$414
- Bristol Myers Squibb$227
- Pfizer$131
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$128
- plus $683 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$642%
- Food & beverage$2,79992%
- Education$1645%
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 | 47 | $978 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 27 | $466 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $414 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 18 | $227 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $131 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $128 |
| Merck | 6 | $117 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $77 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Gilead | 2 | $45 |
| Amgen | 1 | $35 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 2 | $28 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$3,027 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 22 | $48,388 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 14 | $31,257 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 15 | $18,773 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 29 | $18,355 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 14 | $16,850 |
| Mesalamine | 24 | $13,075 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 79 | $12,738 |
| DexilantDexlansoprazole | 13 | $5,493 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 24 | $5,376 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 33 | $1,865 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 19 | $1,668 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 64 | $1,254 |
| Omeprazole | 95 | $1,243 |
| Famotidine | 55 | $814 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 158 | $535 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $466 | $48,38822 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $978 | $37,12744 claims |
| GileadVemlidy | $45 | $31,25714 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity, Dexilant | $128 | $22,34327 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $63 | $12,73879 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 55th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in San Diego
- Brigid BolandSan Diego$2.4M
- William SandbornSan Diego$2.2M
- Naveen GaraSan Diego$1.5M
- Michael BennettSan Diego$1.5M
- Taddese DestaSan Diego$1.4M
- Hyun KimSan Diego$1.3M
- Vijayalak PrathaSan Diego$1.2M
- David KunkelSan Diego$679K
- Peter WinkleCypress$116.7M
- Manuchehr DaraniSanta Ana$17.7M
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.