Ramakrishnan Unni
Urology · Merrillville, INNPI 1063493542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 48 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $574 and has fallen 64.0% since, to $207 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for urology clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $3,350.
Across 48 payments — averaging $31.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$194
- EKOS Corporation$168
- Novo Nordisk$125
- Lilly USA, LLC$125
- Photocure Inc$121
- Boston Scientific$113
- plus $666 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,513100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $194 |
| EKOS Corporation | 2 | $168 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Photocure Inc | 2 | $121 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $113 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $99 |
| Merck | 5 | $96 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 3 | $39 |
| Neotract Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cardinal Health 414 LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $13 |
| Metuchen Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Erleada$130
- Ozempic$125
- JARDIANCE$125
- GENERAL ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION$113
- Cysview$107
How this compares
$1,513 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 272 urology providers in Indiana.
Other urology in Merrillville
- Manoj RaoMerrillville$36K
- Ayoola GomihMerrillville$20K
- Bruce YalowitzMerrillville$11K
- Alexander TatemCarmel$418K
- Chad ReichardCarmel$400K
- Michael BorofskyIndianapolis$244K
- Marcelino RiveraIndianapolis$171K
- Matthew MellonCarmel$159K
- James BailenJeffersonville$143K
- Greg SteinbockJeffersonville$134K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.