Jithendra Choudary, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Richmond, INNPI 1639161821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,126 of the $5,377 with a category attached, or 76.7%. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 36.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,850 and has fallen 62.5% since, to $693 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $6,172.
Across 184 payments — averaging $29.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Novartis$496
- Abbott$387
- AstraZeneca$375
- Pfizer$230
- Stryker$194
- plus $2K from 32 others
Across 66 payments — averaging $24,856 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$1.6M
- Abbott$42K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,20622%
- Food & beverage$4,12677%
- Education$451%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,951 |
| Novartis | 34 | $496 |
| Abbott | 10 | $387 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $375 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $230 |
| Stryker | 3 | $194 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $165 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $141 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $115 |
| Merck | 6 | $114 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Amgen | 6 | $87 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $85 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $66 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $57 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $52 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $47 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $26 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Gilead | 1 | $13 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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
$5,377 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 170 interventional cardiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 372 | $319,213 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 65 | $81,977 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 117 | $76,000 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 61 | $53,506 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 44 | $46,646 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 52 | $44,406 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 36 | $26,091 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 12 | $9,708 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 85 | $7,309 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 816 | $6,442 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 12 | $4,884 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 752 | $4,757 |
| Potassium Chloride | 296 | $4,713 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 457 | $4,667 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 473 | $4,505 |
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 | $230 | $319,213372 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $375 | $102,092153 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $496 | $81,97765 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $115 | $46,64644 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $52 | $44,40652 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 45th percentile of 170 interventional cardiology providers in Indiana.
Other interventional cardiology in Richmond
- Ahmad ElbashRichmond$48K
- Samer AbbasEast Chicago$395K
- James HermillerIndianapolis$307K
- Woodrow CoreyIndianapolis$262K
- Muzammil MusaniFort Wayne$184K
- Dean FerreraEast Chicago$180K
- Shashidhar DivakaruniMunster$97K
- Jarrod FrizzellEvansville$86K
- Navneet LatherNoblesville$83K
- Michael BallIndianapolis$76K
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.