Utkarsh Acharya, DO
Medical Oncology · Columbus, OHNPI 1285860981
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.6%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cardinal Health 105 LLC at 36.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,132 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $236 in 2023.
Across 27 payments — averaging $280.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardinal Health 105 LLC$3K
- Seagen Inc.$3K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$2K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$194
- Exelixis Inc.$100
- Amgen$95
- plus $136 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $112,084 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$112K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00026%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,60021%
- Travel & lodging$3,22143%
- Food & beverage$2573%
- Education$4886%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Health 105 LLC | 8 | $2,784 |
| Seagen Inc. | 7 | $2,657 |
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 2 | $1,600 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $194 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Amgen | 1 | $95 |
| Pharmaessentia USA Corporation | 2 | $56 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$7,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 157 medical oncology providers in Ohio.
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.
Other medical oncology in Columbus
- David CarboneColumbus$438K
- Christian RolfoColumbus$227K
- Timothy MooreColumbus$213K
- Maryam LustbergColumbus$176K
- Timothy BurnsColumbus$64K
- Kai HeColumbus$49K
- Gregory OttersonColumbus$49K
- Sagar SardesaiColumbus$45K
- Asrar AlahmadiColumbus$36K
- John HaysColumbus$35K
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.