Christopher Ibikunle, MD
Surgery · Loganville, GANPI 1992981302
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.6%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Apollo Endosurgery US Inc at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,570 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $60 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in GA 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 137 payments — averaging $174.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Apollo Endosurgery US Inc$11K
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$4K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- Asensus Surgical, Inc.$895
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,26360%
- Travel & lodging$3,13813%
- Food & beverage$3,33614%
- Education$3,20013%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 11 | $11,235 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 6 | $4,499 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $3,200 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,738 |
| Novo Nordisk | 79 | $1,168 |
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 5 | $895 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 5 | $318 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 4 | $264 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 3 | $142 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $106 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $63 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 3 | $52 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System$10,902
- STAPLER$4,292
- EVLT$3,200
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,562
- Senhance Surgical Robotics System$815
- XEOMIN$231
- X-Tack Endoscopic HeliX Tacking System$204
- Voyant electrosurgical generator$188
- Aeon Endostapler & Echelon Flex Powered Stapler$166
- ESOPHYX$113
- HARMONIC Product Family$106
- ENSEAL Product Family$106
- Saxenda$104
- ORBERA Intragastric Balloon System$102
How this compares
$23,937 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 855 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 15 | $14,382 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Loganville
- Ahad KhanLoganville$46K
- Chad CopperGainesville$999K
- Zachary KlaassenAugusta$763K
- Stephen OdomAustell$599K
- Fritz Jean-PierreMarietta$464K
- Kendra GrubbAtlanta$374K
- Harry LightfootSmyrna$241K
- Oliver WhippleSavannah$222K
- Nelson RoyallGainesville$220K
- Ankit PatelAtlanta$217K
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.