Gaurang Gujarathi, DO
Cardiovascular Disease · Kankakee, ILNPI 1124314349
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,473 of the $7,009 with a category attached, or 78.1%. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 27.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,981, 3.7 times the $804 reported in 2019.
Across 268 payments — averaging $26.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Novartis$603
- Boehringer Ingelheim$471
- Amgen$420
- Edwards Lifesciences$408
- Merck$400
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$250%
- Travel & lodging$1,39620%
- Food & beverage$5,47378%
- Education$1152%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,925 |
| Novartis | 33 | $603 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 25 | $471 |
| Amgen | 26 | $420 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $408 |
| Merck | 22 | $400 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $339 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $302 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $266 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 7 | $235 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 12 | $188 |
| Abbott | 4 | $176 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $163 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $127 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $114 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 4 | $100 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $79 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $62 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Bayer | 1 | $30 |
| Eko Health, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $14 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
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
$7,009 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 932 cardiovascular disease providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 451 | $416,322 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 264 | $276,423 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 141 | $150,836 |
| CamzyosMavacamten | 11 | $105,253 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 64 | $66,677 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 84 | $59,547 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $28,349 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 28 | $19,535 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 28 | $15,906 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 924 | $10,133 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 17 | $8,490 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 745 | $6,317 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 180 | $5,172 |
| Losartan Potassium | 420 | $3,741 |
| Carvedilol | 575 | $3,716 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $127 | $416,322451 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $266 | $276,423264 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $603 | $150,836141 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Camzyos | $339 | $105,25311 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $471 | $66,67764 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $302 | $47,88351 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 75th percentile of 932 cardiovascular disease providers in Illinois.
Other cardiovascular disease in Kankakee
- Vikas PatelKankakee$49K
- Sandeep NathanChicago$892K
- Alan BrownNaperville$858K
- Azmey MatariehElgin$762K
- Jay AlexanderBannockburn$744K
- Niraj VarmaMaywood$522K
- Boaz AvitallChicago$366K
- Akhil NarangChicago$363K
- Mark RabbatMaywood$363K
- Michael DavidsonChicago$317K
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.