Venugopal Depala
Psychiatry · Temecula, CANPI 1699877480
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 226 payments — averaging $54.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$5K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Tris Pharma Inc$760
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$566
- Alkermes, Inc.$561
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$362
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,04457%
- Food & beverage$5,36743%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $4,632 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $3,315 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 29 | $760 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $566 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 29 | $561 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $362 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $360 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $300 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 12 | $276 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 10 | $227 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $185 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $155 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $103 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $95 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $61 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $10 |
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.
- VRAYLAR$4,191
- LATUDA$3,084
- Dyanavel XR$251
- Quillichew ER$125
- Quillivant$125
- SPRAVATO$120
- Auvelity$120
How this compares
$12,411 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 23 | $34,444 |
| Aripiprazole | 25 | $5,447 |
| Ziprasidone Hcl | 20 | $2,385 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 30 | $1,967 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 59 | $984 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 34 | $813 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 12 | $768 |
| Lamotrigine | 52 | $556 |
| Olanzapine | 19 | $521 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 26 | $492 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 16 | $477 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 39 | $386 |
| Risperidone | 26 | $306 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate | 13 | $282 |
| Alprazolam | 47 | $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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieVraylar | $4,632 | $34,44423 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $17 | $5023 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 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in Temecula
- Sana Johnson-QuijadaTemecula$2.5M
- Elly LeeIrvine$49.8M
- Daniel ChuehOrange$17.9M
- Eric ChavezSan Diego$15.5M
- Lara ShirikjianTorrance$12.6M
- John DuffySanta Ana$12M
- Marina BusselPlaya Vista$12M
- Sherry SoefjeOceanside$11.9M
- Steven MacinaHuntington Beach$11.1M
- Wakelin McNeelRosemead$11M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.