RxDoctor Payments Data

Sylvia Rosas, MD

Nephrology · Boston, MANPI 1568497600

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.0%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $30,334 and has fallen 65.4% since, to $10,507 in 2025. 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.

$67,818in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 103 payments — averaging $658.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$25K
  • Bayer$17K
  • Travere Therapeutics, Inc.$11K
  • Eli Lilly$5K
  • Novo Nordisk$4K
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$4K
  • plus $2K from 4 others
$597,900in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 207 payments — averaging $2888.41 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.

  • Bayer$455K
  • Astrazeneca UK Limited$92K
  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC$42K
  • AstraZeneca$10K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$32,55648%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$12,25318%
  • Travel & lodging$19,91429%
  • Food & beverage$3,0244%
  • Education$560%
  • Entertainment$160%

General payments by program year

19
21
22
23
24
25

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

$67,818 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 339 nephrology providers in Massachusetts.

See all nephrology providers in Massachusetts

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$56,149
Medicare patients
166
Services billed
509

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
KerendiaFinerenone38$53,727
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol21$25,202
Sevelamer Carbonate14$2,541
Torsemide76$1,759
Eplerenone22$1,523
Amlodipine Besylate98$1,035
Losartan Potassium100$1,023
Valsartan19$899
Nifedipine ErNifedipine12$620
Metoprolol Succinate43$522
Lisinopril57$476
Calcitriol29$453
Carvedilol29$410
Spironolactone15$314
Irbesartan21$265

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
BayerKerendia$16,560$53,72738 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,176$25,20221 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 90th percentile of 339 nephrology providers in Massachusetts.

Other nephrology in Boston

See the full list for Massachusetts

Where these figures come from

Is this you, or does something look wrong? →