Prashanth Palvannan
Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1487141438
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (59.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $25,330 and has fallen 62.8% since, to $9,422 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 301 payments — averaging $180.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$42K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$2K
- Endologix LLC$2K
- Bolton Medical Inc$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- plus $4K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5003%
- Grants$32,00059%
- Travel & lodging$4,6459%
- Food & beverage$15,02828%
- Education$1,0682%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 122 | $42,145 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 21 | $1,933 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 51 | $1,819 |
| Endologix LLC | 16 | $1,636 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 10 | $1,591 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 14 | $1,369 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $962 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $546 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $497 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 8 | $311 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $282 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $217 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $149 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $119 |
| Abbott | 1 | $102 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| BD | 1 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $61 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $46 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Stryker | 1 | $37 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$34,126
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,924
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$962
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$962
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$948
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$945
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$884
- Valiant Captivia$735
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$659
- Zenith$569
- HawkOne$552
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$546
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$316
- Gelweave$310
- Torus Stent Graft System$275
- ENDOCROSS Device$275
- TurboHawk$273
- Zilver PTX$250
- Penumbra System$244
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$166
How this compares
$54,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,424 surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $230 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Philadelphia
- Brett ChatmanPhiladelphia$178K
- David WernsingPhiladelphia$142K
- Said AzouryPhiladelphia$131K
- James MarkmannPhiladelphia$97K
- Daniel HewittPhiladelphia$89K
- Daniel HashimotoPhiladelphia$73K
- Scott KozinPhiladelphia$59K
- Henry HirschPhiladelphia$53K
- Erica PettkePhiladelphia$52K
- Evan NadlerPhiladelphia$46K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.