Chandra Tokala, MD
Anesthesiology · Wichita, KSNPI 1346220837
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,589 of the $7,760 with a category attached, or 72.0%. Medtronic accounts for 68.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,047 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $173 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in KS 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 320 payments — averaging $24.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$782
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$125
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$100
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$53
- plus $220 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,17128%
- Food & beverage$5,58972%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 277 | $5,343 |
| Nevro Corp. | 28 | $1,137 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $782 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $53 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $43 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Abbott | 1 | $31 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $30 |
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.
How this compares
$7,760 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 337 anesthesiology providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 11 | $3,129 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $1,401 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | $976 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Wichita
- Jared ScottWichita$10K
- Thomas WoodardWichita$9K
- Scott JohnsonWichita$4K
- David MillerWichita$1K
- John YoungWichita$941
- Fernando SalgadoWichita$893
- Michael MuellerWichita$846
- Eric ShampaineWichita$610
- Srinivas YendruWichita$549
- Justin SandallWichita$509
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.