Sumanth Prabhu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1265417992
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $28,270 of the $34,601 with a category attached, or 81.7%. Sanofi US Services Inc. accounts for 61.9% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,655 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $124 in 2025.
Across 23 payments — averaging $1504.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$21K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$13K
- Edwards Lifesciences$166
- Medtronic$157
- AstraZeneca$124
- Merck$35
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,27082%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,85017%
- Food & beverage$4811%
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 US Services Inc. | 10 | $21,407 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 9 | $12,713 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $166 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $157 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $124 |
| Merck | 1 | $35 |
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.
- XENPOZYME$6,295
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$5,850
- ONYX FRONTIER$157
How this compares
$34,601 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 26 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| CamzyosMavacamten | 21 | $156,149 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 85 | $67,099 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 57 | $54,388 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 26 | $27,117 |
| EliquisApixaban | 30 | $22,417 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 93 | $580 |
| Eplerenone | 12 | $580 |
| Potassium Chloride | 20 | $496 |
| Spironolactone | 107 | $405 |
| Furosemide | 62 | $343 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $325 |
| Carvedilol | 77 | $251 |
| Losartan Potassium | 50 | $224 |
| Lisinopril | 30 | $119 |
| Klor-Con M20Potassium Chloride | 15 | $85 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $124 | $54,38857 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 80th percentile of 26 advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology providers in Missouri.
Other advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in Saint Louis
- Gregory EwaldSaint Louis$35K
- Nancy SweitzerSaint Louis$32K
- Justin HartupeeSaint Louis$30K
- Kory LavineSaint Louis$12K
- Justin VaderSaint Louis$8K
- Jonathan MorenoSaint Louis$5K
- Amanda VermaSaint Louis$5K
- Ali JavaheriSaint Louis$4K
- Edward GeltmanSaint Louis$4K
- Joel SchillingSaint Louis$3K
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.