Shridhar Ventrapragada, MD
Otolaryngology · Highland, INNPI 1992722797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,897 of the $12,042 with a category attached, or 82.2%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 44.1% of the total. Among otolaryngology clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 272 payments — averaging $44.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$1K
- Spirair, Inc.$1K
- Optinose US, Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$907
- Acclarent, Inc$390
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,30011%
- Travel & lodging$8117%
- Food & beverage$9,89782%
- Education$340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 55 | $5,313 |
| Medtronic | 25 | $1,315 |
| Spirair, Inc. | 2 | $1,303 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 78 | $1,032 |
| Sanofi | 33 | $907 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 15 | $390 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $361 |
| Smith+Nephew | 11 | $287 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 10 | $268 |
| Stryker | 6 | $206 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $159 |
| GSK | 9 | $152 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Neurent Medical Limited | 3 | $99 |
| Amgen | 2 | $59 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 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.
- SeptAlign$2,606
- TURBALIGN$1,748
- Vivaer RF Stylus$1,411
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,358
- RHINAER STYLUS$1,358
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$802
- Acclarent Aera$267
- Inspira Air$159
- RELIEVA SPINPLUS NAV$159
- TruDi Probe$159
- Inspire$123
- VivAer$102
- RhinAer$102
How this compares
$12,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 193 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 22 | $81,217 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 37 | $3,438 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 133 | $3,237 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 81 | $1,642 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 60 | $1,635 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 147 | $1,276 |
| Ofloxacin | 34 | $1,047 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 80 | $874 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 94 | $807 |
| Methylprednisolone | 128 | $595 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 13 | $563 |
| Omeprazole | 27 | $320 |
| Mupirocin | 34 | $227 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 40 | $195 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $129 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Highland
- Joshua GreeneAnderson$955K
- Satyan SreenathIndianapolis$103K
- Stephen FreemanCarmel$33K
- Venkata KakarlapudiNew Albany$33K
- Elisa IllingIndianapolis$28K
- Colin NeumannNew Albany$26K
- Erin KevernElkhart$26K
- Aaron DubersteinLafayette$22K
- Noah ParkerCarmel$19K
- Scott PhillipsCarmel$19K
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.