Sarpreet Basra, MD
Gastroenterology · Lake Charles, LANPI 1427224765
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 607 payments — averaging $16.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$675
- Bristol Myers Squibb$628
- Ardelyx, Inc.$587
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$559
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,46795%
- Education$5275%
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(2 entities) | 253 | $3,460 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 92 | $1,702 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 46 | $675 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 36 | $628 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 26 | $587 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 34 | $559 |
| Pfizer | 26 | $534 |
| Gilead | 28 | $441 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 11 | $237 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $214 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $109 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $109 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $83 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $35 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $34 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
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
$9,995 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 254 gastroenterology providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skyrizi On-BodyRisankizumab-Rzaa | 11 | $229,570 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 127 | $92,829 |
| IbsrelaTenapanor Hcl | 20 | $48,095 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 15 | $40,983 |
| VemlidyTenofovir Alafenamide | 28 | $39,842 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 55 | $9,111 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 123 | $7,968 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 11 | $6,178 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 650 | $5,700 |
| Sucralfate | 111 | $4,305 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 16 | $3,317 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 207 | $3,185 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 16 | $2,543 |
| Mesalamine | 11 | $2,307 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 134 | $2,088 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $3,460 | $92,829127 claims |
| Ardelyx, Inc.Ibsrela | $587 | $48,09520 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Trulance | $559 | $47,16026 claims |
| GileadVemlidy | $441 | $39,84228 claims |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clenpiq | $109 | $9,11155 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $90 | $2,54316 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 254 gastroenterology providers in Louisiana.
Other gastroenterology in Lake Charles
- Ricardo McCallLake Charles$471K
- Francisco MarreroLake Charles$84K
- Humberto AguilarShreveport$13.1M
- Gary ReissMarrero$10M
- Bal BhandariBastrop$6.4M
- Gregory GaspardBaton Rouge$4M
- Jonathon ChapmanBaton Rouge$3.6M
- David DulitzLuling$1.9M
- Conar FittonKenner$1.6M
- Vivek HuilgolNew Orleans$1.6M
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.