Neal Patel, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1427579002
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.0%), food and beverage and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.9%. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,344 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $747 in 2025.
Across 118 payments — averaging $99.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Vilex LLC$2K
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$1K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,88250%
- Food & beverage$5,24645%
- Other$6405%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 17 | $2,342 |
| Vilex LLC | 8 | $1,812 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 31 | $1,630 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 14 | $1,442 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 7 | $1,321 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 5 | $1,170 |
| Stryker | 9 | $1,039 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $254 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 7 | $240 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $91 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $83 |
| Linvatec Corporation | 1 | $82 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $70 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
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$2,003
- TrueLok$1,984
- HINTERMANN$1,542
- Restrata Wound Matrix$1,274
- NEOX$1,077
- CLARIX$1,077
- HOFFMANN$656
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$630
- PRIMATRIX$630
- ACell$527
- ANCHORAGE$512
- STAR$512
- AXSOS$190
- SALVATION$144
- SONICANCHOR$138
How this compares
$11,768 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 212 foot & ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 27 | $384 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Indianapolis
- Patrick DeheerIndianapolis$493K
- Stephen GreenfieldIndianapolis$27K
- Cathy CokerIndianapolis$23K
- Mihir PatelIndianapolis$18K
- Jered StowersIndianapolis$14K
- Zachary JanesIndianapolis$13K
- Tracy WarnerIndianapolis$10K
- Elizabeth ParryIndianapolis$10K
- Steven HerbstMuncie$1.6M
- Douglas BlacklidgeKokomo$689K
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.