Ashutosh Mahapatra, MD
Neurocritical Care · Houston, TXNPI 1750700522
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 43.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,263, more than ten times the $330 reported in 2019. Among neurocritical care clinicians in TX 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 140 payments — averaging $191.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$12K
- Medtronic$4K
- Scientia Vascular$4K
- Imperative Care, Inc$3K
- Microvention, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$962
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,10019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,80018%
- Travel & lodging$7,17227%
- Food & beverage$9,73436%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 40 | $11,571 |
| Medtronic | 25 | $4,322 |
| Scientia Vascular | 2 | $3,746 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 26 | $2,962 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 10 | $1,452 |
| Stryker | 8 | $962 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $720 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 3 | $319 |
| Abbott | 1 | $174 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Centerline Biomedical Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 3 | $77 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kaneka Medical America LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Penumbra System$7,856
- Pipeline$2,136
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$1,926
- Benchmark$1,200
- Smart Coil$1,053
- RED 72$737
- ZOOM RDL RADIAL ACCESS SYSTEM, 103CM$591
- SPINEJACK$446
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$424
- OPTABLATE$314
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$296
- 8F Base Camp Sheath System$286
- ERIC RETRIEVAL DEVICE$280
- TARGET$269
- AMPLATZER AMULET$174
- ONYX 18$164
- Chaperon Guiding Catheter$148
- TUBING KIT - STROKE$148
- HEADWAY ADVANCED SOFT$148
- STENT$148
How this compares
$26,806 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 neurocritical care providers in Texas.
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.
Other neurocritical care in Houston
- Ritvij BowryHouston$11K
- Huimahn ChoiHouston$2K
- Muhammad Ubaid HafeezHouston$2K
- Tiffany ChangHouston$816
- Abhay KumarHouston$723
- Aaron GusdonHouston$661
- Luis TorresHouston$449
- Swathi KondapalliHouston$389
- Robert BrownHouston$222
- Eman AlnosairHouston$207
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.