Vershalee Shukla, MD
Radiation Oncology · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1366726788
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $12,180 of the $19,186 with a category attached, or 63.5%. Exact Sciences accounts for 62.8% of it on its own, with 36 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,345, more than ten times the $844 reported in 2019. Among radiation oncology clinicians in AZ 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 119 payments — averaging $161.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exact Sciences$12K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$890
- Histosonics, Inc.$672
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$589
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$389
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,18063%
- Travel & lodging$3,36618%
- Food & beverage$3,64019%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exact Sciences | 12 | $12,057 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $2,391 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $890 |
| Histosonics, Inc. | 3 | $672 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $589 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 7 | $389 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $234 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 7 | $202 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 7 | $180 |
| Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc. | 5 | $152 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $140 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Novartis | 5 | $129 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 2 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $108 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $104 |
| Accuray Incorporated | 5 | $87 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $64 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| QT Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $47 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 1 | $32 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $21 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Reflexion Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- TAGRISSO$2,205
- Nanoknife$883
- ALIYA SYSTEM$134
- NINLARO$108
How this compares
$19,186 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 138 radiation oncology providers in Arizona.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 44 | $480 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Scottsdale
- Carlos VargasScottsdale$22K
- Aaron AmbradScottsdale$18K
- Terence SioScottsdale$15K
- Gordon GradoScottsdale$12K
- Gregory MaggassScottsdale$11K
- Scott TannehillScottsdale$8K
- Randa TaoScottsdale$6K
- Apar GuptaScottsdale$6K
- Chi ZhangScottsdale$4K
- Ammoren DohmScottsdale$4K
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.