Israr Sheikh, MD
Gastroenterology · Fargo, NDNPI 1396038162
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,342 of the $5,408 with a category attached, or 61.8%. Boston Scientific accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,887 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $118 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in ND 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 48 payments — averaging $112.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Covidien LP$1K
- Medtronic$235
- AbbVie$150
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$116
- Johnson & Johnson$76
- plus $196 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,34262%
- Food & beverage$1,99037%
- Education$761%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $3,452 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $1,183 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $235 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $150 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $76 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $71 |
| Gilead | 2 | $64 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 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.
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$859
- SPYGLASS$821
- GENERAL PULMONARY$546
- EXALT Model D$351
- PillCam$114
- VOQUEZNA$103
How this compares
$5,408 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 26 gastroenterology providers in North Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mesalamine | 52 | $11,549 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $10,370 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 201 | $4,377 |
| Ursodiol | 23 | $3,808 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 151 | $3,165 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 16 | $2,364 |
| Balsalazide Disodium | 13 | $2,234 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 14 | $1,852 |
| Omeprazole | 134 | $1,816 |
| Entecavir | 16 | $704 |
| Azathioprine | 19 | $699 |
| Famotidine | 65 | $517 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 21 | $503 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 52 | $499 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 12 | $351 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $150 | $10,37012 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 26 gastroenterology providers in North Dakota.
Other gastroenterology in Fargo
- Arezoo TaheriFargo$28K
- Fadel NammourFargo$3K
- Surianarayanan KarthikeyanFargo$3K
- Kimberly KolkhorstFargo$947
- Ross MeidingerFargo$887
- Emuejevoke OkohFargo$772
- Navin PaulFargo$743
- Settihalli RajenderFargo$397
- Steven PletcherFargo$323
- Syed ZaidiBismarck$6K
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.