Ranjith Babu, MD
Neurological Surgery · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1205271525
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 38.4% of the total.
Across 111 payments — averaging $108.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$722
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$709
- Highridge Medical LLC$392
- Brainlab, Inc.$286
- plus $2K from 23 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $10,471 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.
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$31K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,22535%
- Travel & lodging$2,57921%
- Food & beverage$5,20443%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 9 | $4,605 |
| Medtronic | 37 | $3,292 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 16 | $722 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 8 | $709 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $392 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 4 | $286 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 5 | $261 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $225 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 2 | $221 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 1 | $194 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $187 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $152 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $118 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $99 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $96 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $58 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Abbott | 2 | $37 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $24 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Pipeline$1,506
- GammaTile$428
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$398
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$392
- CODMAN CERTAS$225
- CUSA CLARITY$225
- CODMAN HAKIM$225
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$225
- SIJFuse$194
- SONOPET IQ$185
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$134
- Neuroblate$122
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$121
- Quicktome$118
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$111
- Teligen$109
- Sentio$109
- DURAGEN DURAL GRAFT MATRIX$106
- PRODISC C$102
How this compares
$12,008 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Chattanooga
- David WilesChattanooga$315K
- Mayshan GhiassiChattanooga$59K
- Kevin FoleyMemphis$162.4M
- Maurice SmithMemphis$4.4M
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Adam ArthurMemphis$1.9M
- Paul ParkMemphis$1.2M
- Daniel HoitMemphis$607K
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
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.