Sunil Upadhaya
Ahoskie, NCNPI 1356724553
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 69 payments — averaging $94.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Abiomed$439
- Boston Scientific$376
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$355
- Inari Medical, Inc.$270
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,00031%
- Food & beverage$3,61255%
- Education$91014%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 4 | $2,435 |
| Abbott | 20 | $1,075 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $439 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $376 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $355 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $270 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $235 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $190 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $186 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $100 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $100 |
| Stryker | 2 | $98 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $96 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $66 |
| Amgen | 3 | $66 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $42 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ENSITE PRECISION$273
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$270
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$270
- AlphaVac$241
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$190
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$186
- RESOLUTE ONYX$183
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$170
- SYMPLICITY G3$158
- Indigo System$141
- SUPERA$137
- FARXIGA$119
- BRILINTA$116
- General - Balloon Catheters$113
- Impella$108
- CARDIOMEMS$100
- VYNDAQEL$100
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 13 | $160 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $149 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.