Suresh Boppana
Pediatrics · Birmingham, ALNPI 1265429419
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $27,646 of the $31,181 with a category attached, or 88.7%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 41.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $20,187 and has fallen 77.8% since, to $4,473 in 2024. Among pediatrics clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 29 payments — averaging $1075.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$13K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$11K
- Modernatx, Inc.$4K
- GSK$3K
Across 117 payments — averaging $21,357 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.
- Pfizer$2.1M
- Merck$384K
- GSK$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,64689%
- Travel & lodging$2,98310%
- Food & beverage$5512%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 11 | $12,867 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $10,720 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 4 | $4,473 |
| GSK | 1 | $3,121 |
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.
- NO PRODUCT DISCUSSED$10,486
- V160$10,225
How this compares
$31,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 908 pediatrics providers in Alabama.
Other pediatrics in Birmingham
- Tamera Coyne-BeasleyBirmingham$154K
- Linda HammettBirmingham$123K
- Darby McElderryBirmingham$111K
- Audrey LloydBirmingham$40K
- Sula GillespieBirmingham$19K
- Brian StansellBirmingham$19K
- Leslie PittsBirmingham$10K
- Yolanda WheelerBirmingham$10K
- Tanikqua MooreBirmingham$9K
- Jennifer GlennBirmingham$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.