Sandeep Lahoti
Gastroenterology · Houston, TXNPI 1134106602
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 143 payments — averaging $15.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$821
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$370
- Johnson & Johnson$315
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$200
- Pfizer$145
- Boston Scientific$100
- plus $313 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,256100%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 45 | $821 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 32 | $370 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $315 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $200 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $145 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $100 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $71 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $40 |
| Merck | 3 | $39 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Romark Laboratories, LC | 1 | $9 |
How this compares
$2,263 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
Other gastroenterology in Houston
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$6.1M
- James MaherHouston$5.3M
- Uma MohanHouston$5M
- John VierlingHouston$2.8M
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$2.5M
- Jason HouHouston$2.3M
- Jignesh ShahHouston$1.7M
- Mouhamad Al-SabbaghHouston$1.6M
- Mohamed OthmanHouston$1.6M
- Harry OjeasHouston$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.