Nikhil Pandhi, DO
Sports Medicine · Munster, INNPI 1417071374
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 32.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,277 and has fallen 54.9% since, to $2,380 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in IN 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 155 payments — averaging $128.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$6K
- Arthrex$6K
- Ortho Development Corporation$4K
- Medwest Associates$2K
- Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc$325
- Johnson & Johnson$282
- plus $832 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,95240%
- Food & beverage$8,11241%
- Education$3,91620%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker(2 entities) | 49 | $6,457 |
| Arthrex | 52 | $6,238 |
| Ortho Development Corporation | 12 | $4,065 |
| Medwest Associates | 12 | $1,781 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 5 | $325 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $282 |
| Linkbio Corp | 1 | $182 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| FX Shoulder Solutions, Inc | 2 | $125 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $72 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $40 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vision Quest Industries Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- MAKO$3,567
- BKS TriMax$3,030
- Balanced Knee Revision System$1,538
- Balanced Knee System$1,011
- Entrada Hip Stem$1,006
- TRIATHLON$574
- AEQUALIS$456
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$432
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$175
- GAMMA$161
- Trivicta$150
- T2$148
- OMEGA$125
- INSPACE$125
- CINCHLOCK$125
- TFN ADVANCED$114
- MULTILOC HUMERAL NAIL$114
How this compares
$19,980 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 156 sports medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 47 | $439 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $239 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $121 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $48 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $30 |
| Amoxicillin | 31 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Munster
- Jorge ChahlaMunster$917K
- Omar PerezMunster$11K
- Jeffrey StaronMunster$3K
- Sean CallowayGreenwood$130K
- Ryan NixonGreenwood$62K
- Tyler McCarrollCarmel$60K
- Nedal AlkhatibIndianapolis$51K
- Stephen ShivelyGreenfield$51K
- Dale SneadCarmel$45K
- Gregory FoxBloomington$37K
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.