Steven Plaxe, MD
Gynecologic Oncology · San Diego, CANPI 1942356795
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
That places this record below the midpoint for gynecologic oncology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,602.
Across 2 payments — averaging $26.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tempus AI, Inc$27
- Merck$26
Across 13 payments — averaging $25,454 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.
- AstraZeneca$248K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$83K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2751%
- Education$2649%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $26 |
How this compares
$53 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 152 gynecologic oncology 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.
Other gynecologic oncology in San Diego
- Pratibha BinderSan Diego$25K
- Natsai NyakudarikaSan Diego$5K
- Melissa SchwartzSan Diego$3K
- John ChanSan Francisco$2M
- Dana ChaseLos Angeles$1.3M
- Ramez EskanderEncinitas$706K
- Krishnansu TewariOrange$495K
- Fabio CappucciniOrange$313K
- Mehdi Moslemi-KebriaUpland$225K
- Amer KaramStanford$168K
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.