Bhargava Gannavarapu, MD
Gastroenterology · San Jose, CANPI 1881821825
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $24,726 of the $32,863 with a category attached, or 75.2%. Capsovision, Inc. accounts for 65.5% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $20,692 and has fallen 77.4% since, to $4,679 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 393 payments — averaging $83.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Capsovision, Inc.$22K
- Olympus Medical Systems Corporation$3K
- AbbVie$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Gilead$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$807
- plus $2K from 25 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $5836.64 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.
- Eli Lilly$41K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,72675%
- Travel & lodging$2091%
- Food & beverage$7,77524%
- Education$1520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Capsovision, Inc. | 3 | $21,520 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 1 | $3,206 |
| AbbVie | 145 | $2,371 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,519 |
| Gilead | 71 | $1,098 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 50 | $807 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $427 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 9 | $210 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 9 | $206 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 12 | $195 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $158 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $155 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $144 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 7 | $135 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $95 |
| Shionogi Inc | 3 | $63 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $47 |
| Merck | 2 | $46 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $21 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $8 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $7 |
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.
- CapsoCam Colon$19,420
- EVIS EXERA II SMALL INTESTINAL VIDEOSCOPE$3,206
- AXIOS$517
- EXALT Model D$435
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$125
- ZEPOSIA$123
- XIFAXAN$119
How this compares
$32,863 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
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 | 67 | $964 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 23 | $383 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $212 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 13 | $201 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in San Jose
- Suejin KimSan Jose$231K
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Douglas NguyenMission Viejo$2M
- Sammy SaabLos Angeles$1.9M
- Kenneth ChangNewport Beach$1.3M
- Joo HwangStanford$1M
- Drew SchembreWalnut Creek$659K
- Quan Nhula Jolla$641K
- Sadeea AbbasiLos Angeles$556K
- Ali RezaieWest Hollywood$519K
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.