Chinar Sanghvi, MD
Anesthesiology · Augusta, GANPI 1659722213
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.8%), grants and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,135 and has fallen 52.8% since, to $1,007 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in GA 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 48 payments — averaging $124.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$493
- Abbott$396
- Nevro Corp.$379
- Boston Scientific$274
- plus $710 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,66728%
- Travel & lodging$1,38523%
- Food & beverage$2,91249%
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) | 10 | $2,291 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,421 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $493 |
| Abbott | 5 | $396 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $379 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $274 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $184 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $169 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Vertex | 1 | $45 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$1,667
- OPTABLATE$842
- Intracept$816
- mild Device Kit$779
- SPINEJACK$300
- RESTORE$219
- Senza$147
- Axium$146
- PROCLAIM$138
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$137
- Omnia$135
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$130
- SPRINT PNS System$116
How this compares
$5,964 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,137 anesthesiology providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 25 | $947 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $556 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Augusta
- Miguel Plaza LloretAugusta$13K
- Joshua StevensAugusta$12K
- Caryl BaileyAugusta$7K
- Sami HafsaAugusta$6K
- Andy TruongAugusta$4K
- Jasmeen KaurAugusta$3K
- Stevin DubinAugusta$2K
- Ashish SakharpeAugusta$2K
- Margaret HoltzMarietta$622K
- Mark HamiltonAtlanta$351K
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.