Ajay Bhargava, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Lawton, OKNPI 1174624845
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 70 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 54.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $301 and has fallen 57.2% since, to $129 in 2024.
Across 70 payments — averaging $17.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$666
- AbbVie$148
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$77
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$56
- Pfizer$43
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$36
- plus $190 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,216100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 36 | $666 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $148 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $43 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $33 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $22 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,216 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 20 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 27 | $20,827 |
| Balsalazide Disodium | 17 | $1,795 |
| Lansoprazole | 56 | $1,645 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 22 | $1,533 |
| Misoprostol | 27 | $1,306 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 36 | $870 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 26 | $756 |
| Famotidine | 48 | $633 |
| Sucralfate | 32 | $605 |
| Lactulose | 35 | $520 |
| ConstuloseLactulose | 37 | $439 |
| Mercaptopurine | 12 | $378 |
| Sulfasalazine | 16 | $358 |
| Bethanechol Chloride | 21 | $323 |
| Omeprazole | 36 | $303 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $148 | $20,82727 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 70th percentile of 20 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Oklahoma.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Lawton
- Maryam ShambayatiOklahoma City$269K
- Abhishek WattsOklahoma City$2K
- Muhammad RiazOklahoma City$2K
- Yinan FuTulsa$1K
- Rohit JosyabhatlaTulsa$1K
- Andrea Mejia SanchezOklahoma City$683
- Issam El HalabiTulsa$567
- Saurabh TalathiOklahoma City$318
- Yojana SunkojOklahoma City$292
- Sindhura KasturiTulsa$243
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.