Tejal Raju, MD
Anesthesiology · Christiansburg, VANPI 1184916009
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Nalu Medical, Inc. accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $21,947 and has fallen 93.0% since, to $1,541 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in VA 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 549 payments — averaging $115.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$45K
- Abbott$7K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,28949%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,3002%
- Travel & lodging$12,54520%
- Food & beverage$18,50329%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 119 | $45,077 |
| Abbott | 188 | $6,751 |
| Nevro Corp. | 63 | $3,466 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 82 | $2,268 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $2,113 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 14 | $1,523 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $612 |
| Curonix LLC | 4 | $249 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $229 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $225 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $208 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 11 | $172 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $167 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $90 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Amgen | 3 | $44 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $43 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$42,835
- Evoke$2,027
- PROCLAIM$1,922
- Senza$975
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$867
- Omnia$828
- ETERNA$680
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$385
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$339
- Proclaim IPG$330
- INTELLIS$301
- ReActiv8$185
- Penta SCS Leads$140
- SYNCHROMED$139
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$131
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$129
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$121
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$106
How this compares
$63,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,065 anesthesiology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $456 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $448 |
| Gabapentin | 45 | $413 |
| Pregabalin | 19 | $281 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $137 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $61 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $44 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Christiansburg
- Joseph SmithLeesburg$111K
- Sonia SzlykFairfax$90K
- Jeffrey GreenRichmond$81K
- John HuffmanArlington$30K
- Bimal GandhiFalls Church$26K
- Neelam BandiFairfax$17K
- Nabil ElkassabanyCharlottesville$14K
- Ramatia MahboobiAlexandria$12K
- Robert RhoadesChester$9K
- David BogdonoffCharlottesville$9K
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.