Syed Mehdi, MD
Gastroenterology · Menomonee Falls, WINPI 1518931138
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,668 and has fallen 70.4% since, to $791 in 2025. Among gastroenterology clinicians in WI 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 127 payments — averaging $51.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- AbbVie$668
- Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.$268
- Medtronic$227
- Ardelyx, Inc.$196
- plus $852 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,04946%
- Food & beverage$3,50953%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 25 | $2,381 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 10 | $1,975 |
| AbbVie | 34 | $668 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $268 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $227 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 11 | $196 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $130 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $114 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $95 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $88 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $70 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $33 |
| EBI, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $29 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- XLIF$1,504
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$881
- TLIF$618
- OPTABLATE$504
- SPINEJACK$504
- BIO4$160
- Excelsius - GPS$142
- UNID_PASS$136
- GAMMA$108
- BIOFOAM$102
How this compares
$6,567 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 285 gastroenterology providers in Wisconsin.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 15 | $97,597 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 37 | $31,481 |
| Mesalamine | 43 | $17,308 |
| Omeprazole | 428 | $9,538 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 227 | $3,513 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 41 | $2,513 |
| CholestyramineCholestyramine (With Sugar) | 32 | $2,211 |
| Famotidine | 121 | $2,063 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 19 | $1,835 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 121 | $1,669 |
| Mercaptopurine | 13 | $1,458 |
| Peg3350-Sod Sul-Nacl-Kcl-Asb-CPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 19 | $1,433 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 32 | $1,154 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 61 | $939 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 51 | $860 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $668 | $31,48137 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 90th percentile of 285 gastroenterology providers in Wisconsin.
Other gastroenterology in Menomonee Falls
- Daniel SteinMilwaukee$227K
- Amir PatelSheboygan$137K
- Poonam Beniwal-PatelMilwaukee$108K
- Lilani PereraMequon$95K
- Freddy CalderaMadison$72K
- Matthew PellerMilwaukee$63K
- Susan LepinskiMadison$61K
- Chetan MittalMilwaukee$53K
- Pedro Palacios ArguetaEau Claire$53K
- Patrick SanvansonMilwaukee$40K
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.