Truptesh Kothari, MD
Gastroenterology · Rochester, NYNPI 1811159338
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus Corporation Of The Americas at 48.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,259 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $631 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $434.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$11K
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Covidien LP$2K
- US Endoscopy$1K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$1K
- plus $1K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,82531%
- Travel & lodging$1,0525%
- Food & beverage$1,5847%
- Education$11,68653%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 10 | $10,840 |
| Medtronic | 20 | $4,160 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $2,580 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $1,565 |
| US Endoscopy | 2 | $1,000 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 1 | $1,000 |
| Olympus Corporation | 1 | $515 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $216 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| 3-d Matrix, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $6 |
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.
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$10,686
- Olympus EUS Devices$10,686
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$10,686
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$10,686
- SPYGLASS$1,875
- GI Genius$1,011
- Cook Medical Hemostasis$1,000
- HET$840
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$375
- TRUFREEZE$216
- NEXPOWDER$163
- ProdiGI$143
- GORE SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce$126
- EXALT Model D$121
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$118
How this compares
$22,147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,682 gastroenterology providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 12 | $201 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Rochester
- Vivek KaulRochester$226K
- Jeffrey GoldsteinRochester$214K
- David Carr LockeNew York$2M
- Arthur KornbluthNew York$1.9M
- Maya SrivastavaWilliamsville$1.8M
- Melissa PalmerPlainview$1M
- Sonal KumarNew York$1M
- David PoppersNew York$939K
- Ellen ScherlNew York$857K
- Bruce SandsNew York$810K
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.