Arvind Trindade, MD
Gastroenterology · New Brunswick, NJNPI 1699934075
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pentax Of America, Inc. at 25.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $31,495 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $6,954 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NJ 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 150 payments — averaging $545.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pentax Of America, Inc.$21K
- Boston Scientific$20K
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$13K
- Exact Sciences$12K
- Creo Medical Inc.$7K
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$5K
- plus $3K from 8 others
Across 61 payments — averaging $9355.55 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$135K
- Pentax Of America, Inc.$129K
- Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH$103K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$79K
- Medtronic$77K
- Ninepoint Medical, Inc.$26K
- plus $23K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47,34158%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,27117%
- Travel & lodging$13,10216%
- Food & beverage$7,0879%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 25 | $20,778 |
| Boston Scientific | 69 | $20,395 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 7 | $13,267 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $12,195 |
| Creo Medical Inc. | 7 | $7,233 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 9 | $5,067 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $806 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 3 | $690 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 8 | $541 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $500 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 3 | $191 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $47 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- ACQUIRE$12,893
- Cologuard Collection Kit$11,475
- SPEEDBOAT$6,554
- ESOCHECK CCD CELL COLLECTION DEVICE$5,550
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$5,104
- C2 Cryoballoon$2,100
- C.A.P. HD Duodenoscope$593
- Photofrin$500
- GI Genius$421
- VIO3$365
- Creo Medical$356
- Erbe VIO3$325
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$276
- AXIOS$259
- EXALT Model D$243
- GENERAL HEMOSTASIS$229
- SPYGLASS$160
- Speedboat Ultraslim (SB1L)$150
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$150
- PillCam$135
How this compares
$81,801 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 701 gastroenterology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 35 | $704 |
| Sucralfate | 14 | $629 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in New Brunswick
- Vinod RustgiNew Brunswick$431K
- Lea ChenNew Brunswick$185K
- George AbdelsayedNew Brunswick$19K
- Zamir BrelviNewark$391K
- Adam ElfantMount Laurel$385K
- Devjit NayarHoboken$258K
- Alexander PerelmanWest Orange$160K
- Barry KaufmanEgg Harbor Township$157K
- Anish ShethPrinceton$151K
- Ramesh GuptaFair Lawn$143K
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.