Total Payments
$784.45
2024 Payments
$18.24
Companies
11
Transactions
23
Medicare Patients
8,313
Medicare Billing
$601,342

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$784.45 (100.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $784.45 23 100.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Genentech USA, Inc. $223.58 6 $0 (2019)
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $188.70 5 $0 (2024)
Blueprint Medicines Corporation $121.83 1 $0 (2023)
Stemline Therapeutics Inc. $84.21 1 $0 (2019)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $59.97 4 $0 (2018)
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. $23.79 1 $0 (2019)
Puma Biotechnology, Inc. $19.38 1 $0 (2018)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $18.24 1 $0 (2018)
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $17.65 1 $0 (2018)
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. $15.97 1 $0 (2018)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $18.24 1 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ($18.24)
2023 $266.94 3 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ($145.11)
2019 $152.41 5 Stemline Therapeutics Inc. ($84.21)
2018 $265.89 9 Genentech USA, Inc. ($151.16)
2017 $80.97 5 Genentech USA, Inc. ($39.14)

All Payment Transactions

23 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
05/01/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC KEYTRUDA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.24 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
07/26/2023 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC KEYTRUDA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $125.00 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
04/18/2023 Blueprint Medicines Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $121.83 General
04/12/2023 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC KEYTRUDA (Biological), LYNPARZA Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.11 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
10/09/2019 Genentech USA, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.87 General
09/03/2019 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. Turalio (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.79 General
Category: Oncology
07/31/2019 Stemline Therapeutics Inc. ELZONRIS (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $84.21 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
07/17/2019 Foundation Medicine, Inc. FOUNDATIONONE (Device), FOUNDATIONONE HEME, FOUNDATIONONE CDX Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.13 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
04/04/2019 Genentech USA, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.41 General
08/30/2018 Puma Biotechnology, Inc. Nerlynx (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.38 General
Category: Oncology
05/16/2018 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP LYNPARZA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.94 General
Category: Oncology
04/26/2018 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. OPDIVO (Biological) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $17.65 General
Category: Oncology
04/17/2018 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP LYNPARZA (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.62 General
Category: Oncology
04/06/2018 Genentech USA, Inc. Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $144.66 General
03/22/2018 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation JADENU (Drug), PROMACTA Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.24 General
Category: HEMATOLOGY
03/02/2018 Genentech USA, Inc. Herceptin (Biological), Perjeta Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.50 General
Category: BioOncology
03/01/2018 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. ODOMZO (sonidegib) capsules (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.97 General
Category: Oncology
01/18/2018 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation KEYTRUDA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.93 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
12/06/2017 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP FASLODEX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.07 General
Category: Oncology
10/19/2017 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation KEYTRUDA (Biological) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.42 General
Category: ONCOLOGY
04/07/2017 Genentech USA, Inc. Herceptin (Biological), Perjeta Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.26 General
Category: BioOncology
03/02/2017 AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP FASLODEX (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.34 General
Category: Oncology
02/24/2017 Genentech USA, Inc. Herceptin (Biological), Perjeta Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.88 General
Category: BioOncology

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 13 2,135 3,319 $729,993 $188,922
2022 14 2,000 3,047 $692,898 $178,158
2021 15 2,110 3,318 $551,407 $130,724
2020 14 2,068 3,308 $447,775 $103,539
Total Patients
8,313
Total Services
12,992
Medicare Billing
$601,342
Procedure Codes
71

All Medicare Procedures & Services

71 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Office 2023 1,181 1,687 $479,918 $101,200 21.1%
88341 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure Office 2023 133 284 $39,712 $21,828 55.0%
88342 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure Office 2023 200 232 $39,192 $20,496 52.3%
88312 Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report Office 2023 71 125 $13,921 $10,915 78.4%
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Facility 2023 158 255 $35,682 $7,484 21.0%
88307 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity Facility 2023 37 101 $31,119 $6,865 22.1%
88341 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure Facility 2023 59 206 $21,595 $4,798 22.2%
88321 Surgical pathology consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere Office 2023 47 47 $17,271 $3,715 21.5%
88361 Microscopic genetic analysis of tumor, using computer-assisted technology Facility 2023 24 95 $15,412 $3,251 21.1%
88342 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure Facility 2023 67 104 $13,461 $2,987 22.2%
88304 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity Office 2023 68 75 $13,382 $2,812 21.0%
88313 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report Office 2023 13 21 $1,194 $935.77 78.4%
88333 Pathology cytologic examination of specimen during surgery, initial site Facility 2023 18 18 $4,156 $923.94 22.2%
76098 X-ray of surgical specimen Facility 2023 17 21 $1,719 $263.82 15.3%
88363 Examination of archival tissue for genetic analysis Facility 2023 14 16 $1,397 $257.44 18.4%
88304 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity Facility 2023 11 13 $551.46 $121.05 22.0%
88300 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, limited examination Facility 2023 17 19 $311.98 $68.38 21.9%
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Office 2022 1,176 1,740 $487,592 $101,487 20.8%
88342 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure Office 2022 169 210 $35,122 $18,436 52.5%
88341 Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure Office 2022 115 251 $34,469 $18,406 53.4%
88312 Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report Office 2022 68 111 $12,281 $9,313 75.8%
88305 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity Facility 2022 130 192 $26,874 $6,053 22.5%
88307 Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity Facility 2022 32 63 $19,433 $4,323 22.2%
88350 Antibody evaluation, each additional single antibody stain procedure Office 2022 13 39 $7,448 $3,215 43.2%
88321 Surgical pathology consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere Office 2022 38 38 $13,970 $3,151 22.6%

About Beth Palla

Beth Palla is a Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology healthcare provider based in Torrance, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/23/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1730320649.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Beth Palla has received a total of $784.45 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $18.24 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 23 transactions from 11 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($784.45).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Palla has provided services to 8,313 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 12,992 services with total Medicare billing of $601,342. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 71 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • KEYTRUDA (Biological) $188.70
  • ELZONRIS (Drug) $84.21
  • Herceptin (Biological) $45.64
  • LYNPARZA (Drug) $30.56
  • FASLODEX (Drug) $29.41
  • Turalio (Drug) $23.79
  • Nerlynx (Drug) $19.38
  • JADENU (Drug) $18.24
  • OPDIVO (Biological) $17.65
  • ODOMZO (sonidegib) capsules (Drug) $15.97
  • FOUNDATIONONE (Device) $11.13

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Doctors in Torrance