Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

BALESH SHARMA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

NPI
1578505483
CMS profile
343449
Location
BROWNSVILLE, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$7,896.28

  • Reported across 207 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$1,602.79

48 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,572.14 47
Education $30.65 1

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $1,073.58 13
PY2020 $224.60 4
PY2021 $151.46 4
PY2022 $1,287.44 20
PY2023 $2,004.34 57
PY2024 $1,552.07 61
PY2025 $1,602.79 48

Payment records · PY2025 (48)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $24.29 10/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1204218444 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $18.31 01/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238741486 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $26.78 07/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1206267238 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.21 10/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225791072 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.00 11/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225791068 CMS
Caris MPI, Inc. $20.08 08/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1234286771 CMS
Celgene Corporation $26.60 05/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184893634 CMS
Celgene Corporation $19.41 08/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184893676 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $29.04 05/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1197100853 CMS
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $21.55 07/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1197023953 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $116.62 03/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184893616 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $29.20 04/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184893624 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $11.96 10/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1184893700 CMS
Eisai Inc. $21.15 05/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244465100 CMS
Eisai Inc. $125.00 10/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1244465103 CMS
Exelixis Inc. $123.25 04/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218791783 CMS
Exelixis Inc. $16.20 11/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218791785 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $25.22 07/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1211497253 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $24.33 03/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1233398455 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $23.32 02/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1190442962 CMS
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $15.84 04/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1208826957 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $22.48 03/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174960325 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $128.01 04/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174960140 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $17.18 05/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174960460 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $111.11 09/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174959848 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $28.87 05/07/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238280535 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $18.26 07/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238367769 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $24.34 02/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200534036 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $17.11 03/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200534040 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $15.06 06/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1200534038 CMS
PFIZER INC. $23.77 02/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230173346 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.58 04/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230182218 CMS
PFIZER INC. $0.72 04/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230191551 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.66 05/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230174384 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.12 08/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230191576 CMS
PFIZER INC. $4.25 08/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230191563 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.67 10/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230331656 CMS
PFIZER INC. $30.65 10/22/2025 Education Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230191590 CMS
PFIZER INC. $19.62 10/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230680517 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.48 11/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1230983168 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $16.23 04/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213039635 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $132.94 10/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213039637 CMS
SERVIER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC $28.26 10/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1229092904 CMS
SOBI, INC $21.17 01/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1240260774 CMS
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. $16.15 04/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1232170634 CMS
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. $31.48 06/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1232170638 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $27.15 10/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1176719598 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $32.11 02/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223928366 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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