Ramalingam Arumugam
Pediatric Gastroenterology · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1265404057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Covidien LP. That places this record below the midpoint for pediatric gastroenterology clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $166.
Across 1 payment — averaging $160.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Covidien LP$161
Across 327 payments — averaging $2037.78 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.
- AbbVie$596K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$65K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$6K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$161100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Covidien LP | 1 | $161 |
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.
- ProGrip$161
How this compares
$161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 20 pediatric gastroenterology providers in Minnesota.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 12 | $170,235 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pediatric gastroenterology in Saint Paul
- Sundeep AroraSaint Paul$2K
- Samar IbrahimRochester$27K
- Catherine Larson-NathMinneapolis$8K
- Michael StephensRochester$7K
- Sarah SchwarzenbergMinneapolis$4K
- Sara HassanRochester$3K
- Imad AbsahRochester$936
- Vikram ChristianMinneapolis$273
- Aayush GabraniMinneapolis$212
- Glenn GourleyMinneapolis$166
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.