Saikrishna Gourishetti, MD
Otolaryngology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1427552207
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,768 of the $2,902 with a category attached, or 60.9%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 54.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,855 and has fallen 67.3% since, to $606 in 2025.
Across 33 payments — averaging $87.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$442
- Kerecis Limited$224
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$150
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$141
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$121
- plus $238 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,13439%
- Food & beverage$1,76861%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 12 | $1,585 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $442 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $224 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $141 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $98 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $39 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- NA$3,536
- Kerecis SurgiClose$663
- TRUMATCH$264
- Kerecis GraftGuide$166
- Restrata Wound Matrix$150
- XPRESS LOPROFILE$140
- Inspire$121
- MATRIXMIDFACE$120
- MATRIXMANDIBLE$120
- MATRIXCOMBO$111
How this compares
$2,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 222 otolaryngology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 13 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Baltimore
- Marc DubinBaltimore$350K
- Patrick HaBaltimore$41K
- Andrew LaneBaltimore$34K
- Jean KimBaltimore$29K
- Nicholas RowanBaltimore$25K
- Rodney TaylorBaltimore$18K
- Kyle HattenBaltimore$12K
- Alexander HillelBaltimore$11K
- Carole FakhryBaltimore$11K
- Lee AkstBaltimore$10K
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.