Vamsi Alli, MD
Surgery · Hershey, PANPI 1902067374
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 62.2% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,053 and has fallen 95.3% since, to $470 in 2024. Among surgery clinicians in PA 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 56 payments — averaging $358.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Baxter Healthcare$7K
- Medtronic$398
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$186
- Covidien LP$112
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$58
- plus $97 from 2 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $10,306 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Actuated Medical, Inc.$93K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,02030%
- Travel & lodging$2,41912%
- Food & beverage$1,6458%
- Education$10,00050%
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 | 35 | $12,501 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $6,732 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $398 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $112 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Teleflex Medical Incorporated | 1 | $56 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $41 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$9,000
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$4,876
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,070
- FLOSEAL$1,720
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$186
How this compares
$20,085 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,424 surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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.
Other surgery in Hershey
- Eric PauliHershey$202K
- Ann RogersHershey$198K
- Yu-Wei ChangHershey$94K
- Melissa BoltzHershey$28K
- Andy KiserPittsburgh$1M
- Glenn SteeleDanville$698K
- Maher El ChaarAllentown$667K
- George EidPittsburgh$619K
- Paul CesanekAllentown$469K
- Clark GerhartPlains$317K
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.