Evan Fitz, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1205197340
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 24 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 57.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $479 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $187 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for colon & rectal surgery clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $1,741.
Across 24 payments — averaging $34.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$478
- TELA Bio, Inc.$100
- Shire North American Group Inc$35
- TEI Biosciences Inc$31
- Merck$31
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$31
- plus $129 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$834100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 8 | $478 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $35 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
How this compares
$834 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 54 colon & rectal surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 19 | $496 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 14 | $230 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 28 | $166 |
| Metronidazole | 35 | $103 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Indianapolis
- Shekar NarayananIndianapolis$67K
- Sanjay MohantyIndianapolis$11K
- Nikhil PatelIndianapolis$7K
- Frederick LaneIndianapolis$4K
- Arun GowdamarajanIndianapolis$4K
- Sarah JochumIndianapolis$4K
- Sanjay ThekkeurumbilIndianapolis$3K
- Patrick WhiteIndianapolis$3K
- Ateet ShahIndianapolis$2K
- Bruce RobbIndianapolis$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.