Gautam Gandhi
Neurological Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1558505172
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.2% of the total.
Across 115 payments — averaging $93.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$830
- Arthrex$828
- Johnson & Johnson$399
- Boston Scientific$310
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,06938%
- Food & beverage$5,47251%
- Education$1,16611%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 27 | $3,444 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $3,154 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 17 | $830 |
| Arthrex | 16 | $828 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $399 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $310 |
| DJO, LLC | 7 | $245 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $227 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $210 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $162 |
| Stryker | 2 | $142 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $136 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $135 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $105 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $102 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $59 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$2,328
- PRESTIGE$533
- CD HORIZON$444
- ETERNA$430
- Intracept$290
- UNID_PASS$268
- Senza$246
- ESOPHYX$210
- RIALTO$190
- SWIFT-LOCK$161
- Stimulan$135
- EXPAREL$125
- MULTIGEN 2$115
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$115
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$115
- CellerateRx$112
- Qutenza$106
- SYNTHECEL$105
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$105
- MATRIXNEURO$105
How this compares
$10,707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 64 neurological surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 33 | $2,198 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 244 | $1,332 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 246 | $1,258 |
| Methylprednisolone | 50 | $405 |
| Levetiracetam | 18 | $287 |
| Mupirocin | 33 | $253 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $144 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $141 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $89 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 20 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Little Rock
- Erika PetersenLittle Rock$663K
- John DayLittle Rock$44K
- Dominic MaggioLittle Rock$34K
- Viktoras PalysLittle Rock$14K
- Analiz RodriguezLittle Rock$13K
- Blake PhillipsLittle Rock$10K
- Hector Soriano-BaronLittle Rock$10K
- Deanna Sasaki AdamsLittle Rock$7K
- Brad ThomasLittle Rock$3K
- Bryan LieberLittle Rock$3K
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.