Saurin Popat, MD
Surgery · Buffalo, NYNPI 1073569877
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 43 payments — averaging $63.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$309
- Innovation Technologies Inc$296
- Axogen$275
- Stryker$251
- Sanofi$246
- Eisai Inc.$166
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,750100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $309 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $296 |
| Axogen | 3 | $275 |
| Stryker | 2 | $251 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $246 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $166 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 2 | $158 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $147 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $114 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $83 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 4 | $73 |
| Novartis | 1 | $69 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $62 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $27 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $13 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$440
- DUPIXENT$371
- Irrisept$296
- Halo$193
- AUDION ET DILATION SYSTEM$162
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$150
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$147
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$147
- VIVAER STYLUS$144
- RHINAER STYLUS$144
- Cabometyx$135
- LENVIMA$121
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$114
- Baha$114
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$114
How this compares
$2,750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,596 surgery providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 344 | $5,680 |
| Calcitriol | 81 | $2,927 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 40 | $1,100 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 73 | $327 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 15 | $87 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $62 | $5,680344 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 60th percentile of 1,596 surgery providers in New York.
Other surgery in Buffalo
- Thom LoreeBuffalo$1M
- Vinod BalachandranNew York$3M
- Stephanie GoffNew York$2.7M
- Alice WeiNew York$2.3M
- Cheguevara AfanehNew York$1.4M
- Ajay PanchalAmherst$893K
- Flavio Malcher Martins de OliveiraNew York$814K
- Bonnie LonzeNew York$650K
- Stephen GoldstoneNy$647K
- Yuri NovitskyNew York$548K
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.