Mune Gowda
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 136 payments — averaging $79.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap, Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- AbbVie$985
- Merz North America, Inc.$925
- Mentor Worldwide LLC$923
- Axogen$843
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,77582%
- Gifts$1,64915%
- Other$3263%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculap, Inc. | 6 | $1,649 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 12 | $1,471 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 29 | $985 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 6 | $925 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 20 | $923 |
| Axogen | 6 | $843 |
| Tepha Inc | 5 | $419 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $411 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 4 | $362 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $296 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $284 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $268 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $183 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $171 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $171 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Avita Medical Americas, LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 4 | $115 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 3 | $100 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Stryker | 1 | $74 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $61 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $35 |
| Motiva USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Misonix 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.
- INTEGRA$2,741
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,011
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$961
- PRIMATRIX$819
- Kerecis SurgiClose$592
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$557
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$546
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$546
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$330
- DuraSorb Monofilament Mesh$326
- GalaFLEX$324
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$289
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$270
- Ovitex$259
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$253
- ARTISS$251
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$156
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$156
- Kerecis GraftGuide$148
- PURAPLY FRANCHISE$143
How this compares
$10,750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,081 surgery providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clonidine | 25 | $1,601 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 23 | $184 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 29 | $180 |
| Cephalexin | 41 | $169 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 43 | $127 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Novi
- Michael JacobsNovi$122K
- Ozanan MeirelesLansing$2.3M
- Amer AfanehDetroit$872K
- Robert BartlettAnn Arbor$859K
- Matthew FourmanMonroe$492K
- Bruce McIntoshRochester Hills$467K
- Marwan AbouljoudDetroit$446K
- Jon SchramZeeland$397K
- Bellal JosephDetroit$348K
- Robert LyonsYpsilanti$309K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.