Siddharth Chauhan
Houston, TXNPI 1942799705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (50.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $23,832 and has fallen 56.3% since, to $10,405 in 2025.
Across 194 payments — averaging $189.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$21K
- Abbott$7K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Amgen$130
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$125
- plus $225 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$18,50050%
- Travel & lodging$7,75421%
- Food & beverage$9,62326%
- Education$8442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 17 | $20,545 |
| Abbott | 96 | $7,375 |
| Boston Scientific | 49 | $7,110 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 20 | $1,211 |
| Amgen | 1 | $130 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $106 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $70 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Farapulse$2,594
- ENSITE$1,909
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,210
- CARDIOMEMS$992
- Carto 3$724
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$584
- S-ICD System Magnet$473
- Micra$439
- ENSITE PRECISION$412
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$342
- GALLANT$255
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$239
- Perclose ProStyle$140
- Repatha$130
- AlphaVac$125
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$108
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.