Kavitha Narla
General Practice · Somerville, NJNPI 1649471087
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $18,600 of the $24,383 with a category attached, or 76.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimvie Inc. at 49.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,225 and has fallen 63.4% since, to $2,277 in 2025. Among general practice clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 298 payments — averaging $81.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$12K
- Zimmer Biomet$10K
- Straumann USA LLC$960
- Dentsply Sirona Inc$937
- Acteon Inc$270
- Patterson Companies, Inc.$150
- plus $127 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6903%
- Travel & lodging$3,29314%
- Food & beverage$1,5306%
- Education$18,60076%
- Gifts$2701%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 153 | $12,173 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 123 | $9,766 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 10 | $960 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 7 | $937 |
| Acteon Inc | 1 | $270 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| 3shape Inc | 1 | $53 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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.
- Tapered Screw-Vent$1,670
- Bellatek$600
- Palodent Plus EZ Coat Sectional Matrix System$600
- RealGUIDE IMPLANT MOUNT$500
- IntraOral Scanning$300
- BioMend$300
- F57370 - 1 IRRIGATION LINE UNIVERSAL 10pk, F57372 - 1 DISPOSABLE STERILE PERFORA$270
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$150
- CEREC CAD/CAM$150
- Puros$125
- Implant Dentistry$123
- 3i T3$101
- CEREC$100
- Lodi$100
- Intraoral Scanner$100
How this compares
$24,383 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,978 general practice providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 14 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other general practice in Somerville
- Ryan LakeClark$914K
- Hua-Yu Steven LiaoLodi$816K
- Howard GlazerFort Lee$636K
- Jeffrey ChustckieSomerset$165K
- John MinichettiEnglewood$142K
- Narenderan RajanHackettstown$135K
- Cindy YeungPiscataway$111K
- Andrew SpectorHaworth$75K
- Paul GoodmanPennington$42K
- Steven RasnerBridgeton$35K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.