Pushpak Taunk
Gastroenterology · Tampa, FLNPI 1275794372
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 63 payments — averaging $313.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$19K
- Lumendi LLC$292
- Cook Medical LLC$232
- Medtronic$209
- Alk-abello, Inc$145
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$70
- plus $125 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,75075%
- Travel & lodging$1,6318%
- Food & beverage$3,37917%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 48 | $18,687 |
| Lumendi LLC | 3 | $292 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $232 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $209 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $145 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $70 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $64 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- AXIOS$793
- EXALT Model D$383
- DiLumen$225
- Odactra$145
- Grastek$145
- Ragwitek$145
- ProdiGI$143
- EchoTip$121
- EXALT MODEL D CONTROLLER$115
How this compares
$19,760 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,388 gastroenterology providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 17 | $16,307 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 41 | $1,094 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 31 | $589 |
| Omeprazole | 26 | $570 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 13 | $221 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 12 | $136 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 14 | $107 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 16 | $104 |
| Levofloxacin | 15 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Tampa
- Alan WeintraubTampa$4.7M
- Angel RosarioTampa$1.4M
- Howard SchwartzTavernier$38.8M
- Guy NeffSarasota$17.6M
- Syed LateefClermont$6.4M
- Jeffrey SchneiderCoral Springs$6M
- Zaid RanaMiami$5.4M
- David NelsonGainesville$5.2M
- Curtis FreedlandNew Port Richey$4.5M
- Paul HellsternCrystal River$4.5M
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.