RxDoctor Payments Data

Subbian Karumanchi, MD

Nephrology · Boston, MANPI 1174676753

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 33.6% of the total. Among nephrology clinicians in MA 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.

$72,511in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 40 payments — averaging $1812.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$24K
  • Roche Diagnostics International Ltd$9K
  • Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C.$8K
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$6K
  • Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$5K
  • Kaneka Medical America LLC$3K
  • plus $16K from 9 others
$4,020,444in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 146 payments — averaging $27,537 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.

  • Brahms GmbH$2M
  • Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$850K
  • Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.$650K
  • Beckman Coulter, Inc.$500K
  • CSL Behring$29K
  • Kaneka Medical America LLC$23K
  • plus $1K from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$42,94959%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$23,78033%
  • Travel & lodging$2,9104%
  • Food & beverage$2,3983%
  • Gifts$4751%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$72,511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 339 nephrology providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$3,107
Medicare patients
15
Services billed
41

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.

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