Chaitanya Mudgal, MD
Hand Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1265413926
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $31,790 of the $45,631 with a category attached, or 69.7%. Synthes GmbH accounts for 88.1% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,500 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $100 in 2025. Among hand surgery clinicians in MA 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 61 payments — averaging $748.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Synthes GmbH$40K
- Hologic Inc$5K
- Trimed, Inc.$744
- Acumed LLC$150
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,50010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,79070%
- Travel & lodging$7,83317%
- Food & beverage$1,5083%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Synthes GmbH | 49 | $40,211 |
| Hologic Inc | 4 | $4,526 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 7 | $744 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $150 |
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.
- Tools - WFS$644
- Hand Fracture System$150
How this compares
$45,631 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 68 hand surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 hand surgery in Boston
- George DyerBoston$362K
- Branden EarpBoston$74K
- Charles CassidyBoston$44K
- Philip BlazarBoston$21K
- Monica ShojiBoston$13K
- Benjamin GundlachBoston$11K
- Nicholas GolinvauxBoston$9K
- Giscard AdeclatBoston$7K
- Manish MehtaBoston$6K
- Kevin ZuoBoston$6K
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.