Vani Konda, MD
Gastroenterology · Dallas, TXNPI 1164696209
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.9%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 66.6% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among gastroenterology clinicians in TX 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 $898.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$34K
- Exact Sciences$9K
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$5K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$516
- Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc.$450
- Boston Scientific$345
- plus $955 from 10 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $4102.50 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.
- Medtronic$70K
- Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc$37K
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$33K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,35035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,60059%
- Travel & lodging$1,6203%
- Food & beverage$1,7193%
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 | 24 | $33,513 |
| Exact Sciences | 6 | $9,117 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $5,393 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 6 | $516 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $450 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $345 |
| Ambu Inc. | 2 | $208 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 2 | $187 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $146 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $27 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Barrx$9,200
- Cologuard Collection Kit$8,100
- EndoFlip$5,400
- SUTAB$3,850
- The Cologuard Plus Collection Kit$1,200
- GI Genius$822
- Olympus EMR & ESD Devices$463
- Olympus Hemostasis Devices$463
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$463
- LINX Reflux Management System$146
- VOQUEZNA$141
- RESOLUTION CLIP$121
- ERBEJET2$120
How this compares
$50,289 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,350 gastroenterology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 85 | $2,496 |
| Rabeprazole Sodium | 49 | $2,257 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 111 | $2,182 |
| Omeprazole | 62 | $564 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 22 | $492 |
| Famotidine | 21 | $124 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Dallas
- John FordtranDallas$9.9M
- Michael BrownDallas$5.5M
- Parvez MantryDallas$958K
- Jay HortonDallas$326K
- Jacqueline O LearyDallas$157K
- Sami ArslanlarDallas$142K
- Amit DesaiDallas$71K
- Byron CryerDallas$68K
- Bincy AbrahamHouston$1.6M
- Mazen NoureddinHouston$1.5M
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.