RxDoctor Payments Data

Upali Walgama, MD

Internal Medicine · Henderson, TXNPI 1265577175

Payments from drug & device makers

$2,160in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 111 payments — averaging $19.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk$382
  • AstraZeneca$367
  • Lilly USA, LLC$216
  • AbbVie$200
  • Pfizer$183
  • GSK$152
  • plus $661 from 13 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$2,152100%
  • Education$80%

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.

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

$2,160 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$20,861
Medicare patients
58
Services billed
288

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
OzempicSemaglutide18$17,552
EliquisApixaban25$14,178
Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide12$4,182
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen117$3,119
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine54$1,085
Methadone Hcl37$1,047
Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine18$971
Atorvastatin Calcium85$754
Metoprolol Succinate46$730
Guanfacine Hcl21$580
Ezetimibe28$520
Famotidine11$483
Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide15$440
Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid25$360
Potassium Chloride29$322

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
Novo NordiskOzempic$382$17,55218 claims
PfizerEliquis$183$14,17825 claims
GSKIncruse Ellipta$152$4,18212 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 75th percentile of 7,675 internal medicine providers in Texas.

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