RxDoctor Payments Data

Sunny Melendez, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Torrance, CANPI 1033293576

Payments from drug & device makers

$35,387in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,094 payments — averaging $32.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$5K
  • Corcept Therapeutics$4K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$3K
  • AbbVie$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • plus $17K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2,2506%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$8752%
  • Travel & lodging$400%
  • Food & beverage$32,10991%
  • Education$1140%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Amgen(2 entities)111$4,552
Corcept Therapeutics41$4,325
Lilly USA, LLC122$3,049
AbbVie(2 entities)102$2,351
Johnson & Johnson65$2,086
AstraZeneca34$1,561
Amarin Pharma, Inc.39$1,479
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.59$1,458
Bayer41$1,353
Novo Nordisk56$1,297
Boehringer Ingelheim31$1,137
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC67$1,102
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.56$973
Novartis48$847
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc12$617
Dexcom, Inc.22$544
Radius Health, Inc.13$461
Medtronic(2 entities)5$458
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals8$432
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.10$352
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.12$347
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC12$330
GSK4$263
Abbott12$253
Gilead2$242
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.2$235
Merck7$232
Insulet Corporation5$220
Mannkind Corporation6$209
Embecta Corp.13$201
BETA Bionics, Inc.10$195
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$167
Cequr Corporation2$135
Pfizer6$134
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.5$126
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$125
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.1$125
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.1$122
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$121
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$112
Heartflow, Inc.1$103
Alvogen Inc4$96
Cleerly, Inc.1$94
Shire North American Group Inc4$88
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$63
Bausch Health US, LLC3$62
Astellas Pharma US Inc3$59
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.4$59
Sequel Med Tech, LLC2$57
Recordati_rare_diseases_inc.2$57
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$49
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.2$45
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$41
Tolmar, Inc.2$37
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$31
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.1$26
Senseonics, Incorporated1$23
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation1$21
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$19
Vertiflex, Inc.1$15

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

$35,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$291,057
Medicare patients
170
Services billed
20,247

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
KerendiaFinerenone366$416,918
MounjaroTirzepatide288$335,380
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab320$311,830
KorlymMifepristone14$288,102
OzempicSemaglutide221$272,984
Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl225$259,028
JardianceEmpagliflozin220$232,802
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl256$161,434
Sandostatin Lar DepotOctreotide Acetate,mi-Spheres12$91,790
Praluent PenAlirocumab70$74,657
LinzessLinaclotide78$63,966
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase36$63,557
NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe70$57,093
ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase15$48,759
SynjardyEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl29$46,244

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Boehringer IngelheimSynjardy Xr, Jardiance, Synjardy$1,137$538,074474 claims
BayerKerendia$1,353$416,918366 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Lyumjev$3,049$361,500304 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$1,297$311,761238 claims
Corcept TherapeuticsKorlym$4,325$288,10214 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Synthroid$2,351$134,260195 claims
NovartisSandostatin Lar Depot, Entresto$847$121,77347 claims
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet, Nexletol$1,458$73,26184 claims
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep$26$48,75915 claims
AmgenProlia$4,552$44,90726 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,561$44,41939 claims
PfizerEliquis$134$34,31234 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 85th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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