Sameer Puri, MD
Hand Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1477780898
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.7%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 44.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,401 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $1,042 in 2025.
Across 63 payments — averaging $174.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$5K
- Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC$1K
- Encore Medical, LP$1K
- Acumed LLC$573
- Trice Medical, Inc.$372
- Johnson & Johnson$360
- plus $2K from 16 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2701.56 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.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,70025%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,57514%
- Travel & lodging$8978%
- Food & beverage$4,58242%
- Education$1,22911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 9 | $4,904 |
| Crossroads Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $1,294 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 8 | $1,047 |
| Acumed LLC | 8 | $573 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 2 | $372 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $360 |
| Stryker | 3 | $355 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $325 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $280 |
| Medartis Inc. | 3 | $270 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $175 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $163 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 4 | $146 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $111 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $86 |
| Dentsply Sirona Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $35 |
| MF MED | 1 | $25 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$4,607
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$1,575
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$1,575
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$650
- DJO Surgical AltiVate Anatomic System$630
- DJO SURGICAL$558
- ACUMED$539
- NA$248
- APTUS$214
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$163
- WristMotion$153
- PRIMARY SHOULDER$136
- INnate Implant$131
- Total Anika$127
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$122
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$122
- PRIMATRIX$122
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$122
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$122
- TEGSEDI$122
How this compares
$10,983 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 60 hand surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Indianapolis
- Brandon SmetanaIndianapolis$136K
- Jeffrey GreenbergIndianapolis$121K
- Reed HoyerIndianapolis$110K
- Nicholas CrosbyIndianapolis$18K
- Kathryn PeckIndianapolis$11K
- Emily JewellIndianapolis$10K
- Robert LinkIndianapolis$10K
- Gregory MerrellIndianapolis$8K
- Gregory SchmidtIndianapolis$7K
- Richard MakowiecIndianapolis$7K
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.