Sree Suryadevara
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1952561474
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.1%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 91.9% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,732 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $497 in 2025. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in TN 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 138 payments — averaging $173.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$22K
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$568
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$200
- Conmed Corporation$175
- Axonics, Inc.$111
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$98
- plus $800 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,80016%
- Travel & lodging$3,61315%
- Food & beverage$4,56219%
- Education$12,00050%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 31 | $22,023 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 58 | $568 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $200 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $175 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 7 | $111 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 6 | $98 |
| Vertex | 3 | $91 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $59 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $58 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $54 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $53 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $42 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| GI Supply, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $31 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $30 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $14 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$21,510
- AIRSEAL$175
How this compares
$23,974 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 colon & rectal surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 11 | $1,781 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 64 | $344 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 41 | $238 |
| Metronidazole | 71 | $172 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $568 | $1,78111 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 95th percentile of 31 colon & rectal surgery providers in Tennessee.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Nashville
- Aimal KhanNashville$35K
- William HarbNashville$8K
- Shannon McChesneyNashville$7K
- Molly FordNashville$6K
- Christopher MascarenhasNashville$6K
- Susan BrileyNashville$2K
- Jason AstonNashville$1K
- David BeckNashville$587
- Alexander HawkinsNashville$334
- Michael HopkinsNashville$268
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.