Nitin Agarwal
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1154587863
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (56.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Livanova USA, Inc. at 56.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $33,962, 3.5 times the $9,617 reported in 2019. Among neurology with special qualifications in child neurology clinicians in MN 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 99 payments — averaging $644.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$36K
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$12K
- Eisai Inc.$7K
- Lundbeck LLC$4K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$2K
- Globus Medical$867
- plus $1K from 7 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $1759.85 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$125K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,89026%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,73956%
- Travel & lodging$6,62610%
- Food & beverage$4,1797%
- Education$3271%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 43 | $35,953 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $12,310 |
| Eisai Inc. | 8 | $7,314 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $4,408 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 6 | $1,746 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $867 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $310 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $291 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $210 |
| Abbott | 1 | $175 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Pyros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$30,310
- Fycompa$7,074
- VNS Therapy$4,984
- Neuroblate$1,500
- Pulse$481
- VNS - Sentiva$250
- PROCLAIM$175
- LessRay$144
- RELINE$144
- RNS System$129
- Accelero-None$123
How this compares
$63,760 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 34 neurology with special qualifications in child neurology providers in Minnesota.
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Other neurology with special qualifications in child neurology in Saint Paul
- Randal RichardsonSaint Paul$89K
- Jason DoescherSaint Paul$17K
- Dimitrios ArkiloSaint Paul$8K
- Jamie EskuriSaint Paul$6K
- Michael FrostSaint Paul$3K
- Charbel El KosseifiSaint Paul$200
- Elizabeth GillesSaint Paul$27
- Nicole DoonanSaint Paul$0
- Timothy FeymaBloomington$109K
- Douglas SmithRoseville$46K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.