Csaba Gajdos, MD
Surgical Oncology · Stamford, CTNPI 1710192083
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.8%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,756 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $303 in 2025.
Across 39 payments — averaging $126.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Merck$2K
- Medtronic$268
- Covidien LP$200
- Sirtex Medical Inc$158
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$120
- plus $120 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50030%
- Travel & lodging$2,10643%
- Food & beverage$1,31027%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 21 | $2,559 |
| Merck | 1 | $1,500 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $268 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $200 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 2 | $158 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $120 |
| BD | 1 | $33 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Stryker | 1 | $20 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,332
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$129
- Vyloy$120
- LigaSure$118
How this compares
$4,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 30 surgical oncology providers in Connecticut.
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 surgical oncology in Stamford
- Helen PassStamford$11K
- Jonathan LewisWestport$115K
- Isaac KimNew Haven$35K
- Bret SchipperHartford$15K
- James FlahertyNew Britain$10K
- Kevin BillingsleyNew Haven$6K
- Swagoto MukhopadhyayFarmington$4K
- Ramanathan Madras SeshadriDanbury$4K
- Vera HendrixNew Haven$3K
- John KunstmanNew Haven$2K
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.