Suraj Patel, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1063876704
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 218 payments — averaging $19.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$978
- Medtronic$498
- Amgen$388
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$322
- BETA Bionics, Inc.$289
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$266
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,10396%
- Education$1263%
- Other$301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 77 | $978 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $498 |
| Amgen | 19 | $388 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $322 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 12 | $289 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $266 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $247 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 12 | $209 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 7 | $166 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Abbott | 5 | $109 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Insulet Corporation | 5 | $93 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $57 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $52 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 2 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 2 | $35 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $31 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Alvogen Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
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
$4,259 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 388 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 209 | $238,651 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 175 | $203,799 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 119 | $126,190 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 99 | $97,501 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 93 | $95,831 |
| Humulin R U-500 KwikpenInsulin Regular, Human | 43 | $81,167 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 60 | $75,906 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 26 | $36,219 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 71 | $35,685 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 20 | $27,583 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 39 | $25,999 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 29 | $25,471 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $24,724 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 16 | $24,339 |
| Humulin R U-500Insulin Regular, Human | 13 | $21,005 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Lyumjev, Humalog | $247 | $325,474293 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $978 | $234,635218 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $57 | $97,50199 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $11 | $25,47129 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $35 | $24,72415 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $52 | $6,66474 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $322 | $1,07611 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 65th percentile of 388 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Pennsylvania.
Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Pittsburgh
- Vijay BahlPittsburgh$998K
- Erin KershawPittsburgh$804K
- Murray GordonPittsburgh$576K
- Swarna VarmaPittsburgh$520K
- Sachin BahlPittsburgh$162K
- Peter GrondziowskiPittsburgh$143K
- Patricia BononiPittsburgh$107K
- Frederico ToledoPittsburgh$92K
- Esra Karslioglu FrenchPittsburgh$73K
- Mona Al MukaddamPhiladelphia$3.9M
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.