Sarah Jochum, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Indianapolis, INNPI 1598119232
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 30.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,237 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $249 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $86.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Medtronic$892
- Davol Inc.$430
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$238
- Kerecis Limited$170
- Polynovo North America LLC$167
- plus $907 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$72918%
- Food & beverage$2,32857%
- Education$1,00025%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $1,253 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $892 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $430 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $238 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $170 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $167 |
| Stryker | 1 | $139 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 1 | $101 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $93 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $71 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $48 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $42 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $31 |
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.
How this compares
$4,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 54 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $22 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 16 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Nikhil PatelIndianapolis$7K
- Frederick LaneIndianapolis$4K
- Arun GowdamarajanIndianapolis$4K
- Sanjay ThekkeurumbilIndianapolis$3K
- Patrick WhiteIndianapolis$3K
- Ateet ShahIndianapolis$2K
- Bruce RobbIndianapolis$2K
- Peter DavisIndianapolis$1K
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.