Sai Garapati
Houston, TXNPI 1255968186
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,213, more than ten times the $14 reported in 2022.
Across 266 payments — averaging $77.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$477
- plus $3K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$10,52951%
- Food & beverage$9,44646%
- Education$5743%
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 | 73 | $6,340 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 22 | $3,797 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 40 | $3,660 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,909 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,661 |
| Abbott | 10 | $477 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $415 |
| Amgen | 27 | $399 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $349 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $319 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $300 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $253 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $197 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $182 |
| Novartis | 4 | $93 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $47 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $28 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Carto 3$4,118
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$414
- ACCOLADE SR$411
- Micra$348
- ENSITE$281
- (6342) Intrasight Integrated$227
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$161
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$151
- STRATAFIX$139
- DERMABOND PRINEO$139
- ETHICON$139
- VISTASEAL$139
- DERMABOND$137
- WATCHMAN FLX$136
- SelectSecure$130
- PulseSelect$128
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$119
- (BQ9) Coronary IVUS$113
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.