Shankar Iyer
Prosthodontics · Elizabeth, NJNPI 1235299421
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $151,430 of the $169,764 with a category attached, or 89.2%. Zimvie Inc. accounts for 97.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $74,513, more than ten times the $17 reported in 2021. Among prosthodontics clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 131 payments — averaging $1295.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$165K
- Truabutment Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Shofu Dental Corp$155
- Implant Direct Sybron International LLC$116
- Straumann USA LLC$27
- plus $59 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$151,43089%
- Speaking & faculty fees$270%
- Travel & lodging$16,87710%
- Food & beverage$1,4271%
- Education$30%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 118 | $164,687 |
| Truabutment Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $1,720 |
| Shofu Dental Corp | 1 | $155 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 5 | $116 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $24 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Orapharma, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- OSSEOTITE NT$71,790
- Tapered Screw-Vent$48,360
- Bellatek$19,360
- TSX Implants$11,059
- Intraoral Scanner$8,745
- GenTek Scanbody, TSV/Trabecular Metal, 4.5mmD$8,330
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$8,330
- T3$2,150
- NANOTITE$1,720
How this compares
$169,764 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 110 prosthodontics providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 58 | $147 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $109 |
| Ibuprofen | 50 | $96 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other prosthodontics in Elizabeth
- Nicholas ConteNewark$567K
- Sungkoo JangFort Lee$265K
- Anthony SallustioOcean$228K
- Scott GanzFort Lee$59K
- Charles WeiJersey City$50K
- Laderrick BullockCherry Hill$30K
- Wooil ParkRutherford$30K
- Nainesh DesaiEast Brunswick$18K
- Daniel GreenbaumFairfield$12K
- Andrew PramerHighland Park$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.