Nimish Chokshi, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Metairie, LANPI 1326045956
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $8,134 of the $12,492 with a category attached, or 65.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 54.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,328 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $1,192 in 2024. Among foot & ankle surgery clinicians in LA 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 95 payments — averaging $131.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$7K
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$2K
- KCI USA, Inc.$1K
- Novus Surgical Consultants$1K
- Arthrex$878
- Medline Industries LP$208
- plus $72 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,13465%
- Food & beverage$4,35835%
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 | 50 | $6,771 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 17 | $2,296 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 5 | $1,202 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 9 | $1,065 |
| Arthrex | 11 | $878 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $208 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $72 |
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.
- HOFFMANN$1,872
- PRIME SERIES$1,198
- ALLOWRAP$1,174
- ADAPTIC$1,092
- PREVENA$1,092
- VAC VERAFLO$1,092
- VARIAX$673
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$232
- MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.$208
- INFINITY$142
How this compares
$12,492 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 92 foot & ankle surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 12 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Metairie
- Leon WatkinsMetairie$18K
- Beau WillisMetairie$13K
- Alyssa CollinsMetairie$10K
- Amanda MudekMetairie$8K
- Chelsea ThayerMetairie$7K
- Jamaya Carter-KirkmanMetairie$2K
- Brian BensonLeesville$278K
- Meredith WarnerBaton Rouge$232K
- Tyson GreenLake Charles$203K
- Bryon McKennaThibodaux$131K
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.