Deepu Sudhakaran, MD
Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1528269214
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $19,000 of the $29,375 with a category attached, or 64.7%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 78.8% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,531 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $2,479 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in MO 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 146 payments — averaging $201.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$23K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$783
- Davol Inc.$596
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$532
- Medtronic$465
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,28015%
- Food & beverage$5,94920%
- Education$19,00065%
- Other$1470%
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 | 66 | $23,155 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $2,001 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $783 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $596 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $532 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $465 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $423 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $252 |
| Conmed Corporation | 3 | $171 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $159 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $109 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $51 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Abbott | 1 | $38 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $32 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $31 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $29 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$17,988
- DAVINCI XI$4,000
- LINX Reflux Management System$626
- Phasix Mesh$596
- RELISTOR$532
- Echelon Flex$333
- Enseal$215
- Signia$212
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$148
- ACell$147
- SEAMGUARD$142
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$133
- AIRSEAL$131
- FLOSEAL$125
- ZEPBOUND$123
- Roxybond$109
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$108
- Imcivree$108
- EndoFlip$103
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$102
How this compares
$29,375 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 612 surgery providers in Missouri.
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 | 29 | $31,596 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $292 |
| Omeprazole | 29 | $269 |
| Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl | 14 | $199 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 12 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $123 | $31,59629 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 612 surgery providers in Missouri.
Other surgery in Saint Louis
- James ScottSaint Louis$307K
- Omar GuerraSaint Louis$249K
- Mark DrakeSaint Louis$212K
- Adeel KhanSaint Louis$204K
- Michael AwadSaint Louis$176K
- Laurie PunchSaint Louis$141K
- Jeffrey BlatnikSaint Louis$134K
- Sekhar DharmarajanSaint Louis$110K
- Shaina EckhouseSaint Louis$67K
- Jason RheeSaint Louis$63K
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.