Harminder Sandhu, MD
Nephrology · Washington, DCNPI 1992966931
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,251 of the $2,890 with a category attached, or 77.9%. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $679 and has fallen 64.3% since, to $242 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $64.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$639
- AstraZeneca$561
- Ardelyx, Inc.$380
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$207
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$164
- Bayer$163
- plus $775 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$63922%
- Food & beverage$2,25178%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 3 | $639 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $561 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 7 | $380 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 10 | $207 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $164 |
| Bayer | 5 | $163 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $156 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Amgen | 3 | $79 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $77 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $52 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $47 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Peritoneal Dialysis Systems$559
- XPHOZAH 30 MG$272
- LOKELMA$261
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$164
- Rayaldee$156
- JYNARQUE$122
- ARTEGRAFT VASCULAR GRAFT$118
- Kerendia$116
How this compares
$2,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 62 nephrology providers in District of Columbia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 11 | $38,612 |
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 19 | $1,262 |
| Calcitriol | 23 | $579 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 23 | $532 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $139 |
| Mirtazapine | 11 | $112 |
| Furosemide | 18 | $92 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 17 | $59 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 12 | $53 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $52 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 11 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nephrology in Washington
- Ashte CollinsWashington$1M
- Bruce LeslieWashington$217K
- Janani RangaswamiWashington$152K
- Robert RubinWashington$119K
- Ehsan Nobakht HaghighiWashington$50K
- Christopher WilcoxWashington$41K
- Michael LipkowitzWashington$21K
- Dominic RajWashington$19K
- Cosette JamiesonWashington$13K
- Elwin BustosWashington$9K
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.