Chirag Gandhi, MD
Neurological Surgery · Newark, NJNPI 1316068927
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.4%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Rapid Medical Ltd at 50.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $8,688 and has fallen 90.0% since, to $871 in 2025.
Across 67 payments — averaging $239.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Rapid Medical Ltd$8K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Microvention, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$917
- Johnson & Johnson$769
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$489
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 106 payments — averaging $1362.69 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.
- Penumbra, Inc.$144K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,2007%
- Grants$4823%
- Travel & lodging$8,56153%
- Food & beverage$5,76036%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 3 | $8,151 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 11 | $2,284 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 11 | $1,067 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $917 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $769 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $489 |
| Stryker | 7 | $471 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $400 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $342 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $253 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $238 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $149 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $139 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $125 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Phenox Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$8,151
- COMANECI 17$8,151
- Penumbra System$1,547
- WEB$751
- Penumbra Jet 7$624
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$554
- GammaTile$489
- ACTIVA$482
- Quicktome$400
- EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device$333
- Embotrap$257
- TARGET$255
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$187
- STENT$187
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE ICON$162
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE PERFEXION$162
- LEKSELL GAMMAPLAN$162
- Leksell Stereotactic System$162
- LEKSELL VANTAGE STEREOTACTIC SYSTEM$162
- EMBOGUARD$150
How this compares
$16,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 174 neurological surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 neurological surgery in Newark
- Robert HearyNewark$1M
- John GillickNewark$90K
- Michael SchulderNewark$55K
- Antonios MammisNewark$44K
- Amit SinglaNewark$9K
- Harshpal SinghHackensack$677K
- Ira GoldsteinMontclair$344K
- Karthik MadhavanCherry Hill$291K
- Simon SalernoWall Township$275K
- Shabbar DanishNeptune$267K
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.