Kulvir Nandra, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Glen Ridge, NJNPI 1033538202
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.0%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 89.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,792 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $190 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in NJ 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 73 payments — averaging $170.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$11K
- Medtronic$819
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$135
- GSK$117
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$61
- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.$28
- plus $96 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,83855%
- Food & beverage$3,51828%
- Education$2,01716%
- Gifts$540%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 46 | $11,170 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $819 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| GSK | 8 | $117 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $26 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$8,973
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- DA VINCI SP$645
- Signia$480
- INTERSTIM$297
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$135
How this compares
$12,426 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 86 colon & rectal surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 16 | $99 |
| Metronidazole | 22 | $86 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $34 |
| Naproxen | 18 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Glen Ridge
- Steven Lee-KongHackensack$55K
- Ashlee Godshalk RugglesPennington$44K
- John BerryPennington$36K
- Thomas LakeOakhurst$15K
- Glenn ParkerOakhurst$14K
- Daniel FeingoldNew Brunswick$14K
- Michele MalitHolmdel$11K
- Brendan ScullyNew Brunswick$11K
- Steven TizioTinton Falls$10K
- Ryan MooreHackensack$10K
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.