Nihar Ghate
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Indiana, PANPI 1407143332
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 522 payments — averaging $19.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC$1K
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$532
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$448
- Misonix Inc$393
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20012%
- Travel & lodging$1,59016%
- Food & beverage$7,46173%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 278 | $3,180 |
| Stryker | 10 | $1,563 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 3 | $1,313 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 8 | $532 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 27 | $448 |
| Misonix Inc | 41 | $393 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 28 | $346 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 15 | $311 |
| Restor3d, Inc. | 1 | $236 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 17 | $232 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $220 |
| Bioventus LLC | 11 | $202 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $163 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 8 | $135 |
| Abbott | 6 | $113 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $88 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $79 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $66 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Mid-atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC | 1 | $50 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $49 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Lifenet Health | 3 | $33 |
| Vertex | 2 | $32 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $29 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amniox Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medartis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- PRIME SERIES$1,384
- Lapiplasty System$360
- Stravix$135
- GRAFIX PL$134
- STRAVIX PL$134
- INFINITY$124
How this compares
$10,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 575 foot & ankle surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 207 | $2,080 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 69 | $2,003 |
| Celecoxib | 93 | $1,885 |
| Ketoconazole | 68 | $1,713 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 37 | $1,707 |
| Ciclopirox | 89 | $1,542 |
| Lidocaine Hcl | 12 | $1,388 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 19 | $1,293 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 77 | $731 |
| Allopurinol | 49 | $691 |
| Probenecid | 14 | $636 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 23 | $500 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 76 | $465 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 17 | $417 |
| Azithromycin | 57 | $416 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Indiana
- William DecarboBelle Vernon$3.5M
- David PedowitzBryn Mawr$1.7M
- Noman SiddiquiScranton$1.3M
- Peter MangonePittsburgh$1.1M
- Stephen BrigidoBethlehem$656K
- Guido LaportaDunmore$625K
- Jason MillerMalvern$551K
- Adam TeichmanAllentown$545K
- Thomas RocchioAllentown$524K
- James SferraCranberry Township$457K
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.