Varun Sharma, MD
Sports Medicine · Springfield, ILNPI 1447723960
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 37.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,837 and has fallen 84.9% since, to $1,185 in 2025.
Across 294 payments — averaging $115.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$13K
- Zimmer Biomet$10K
- Arthrex$9K
- Wardlow Enterprises$1K
- Prism Medical$1K
- Globus Medical$111
- plus $129 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$18,52754%
- Food & beverage$11,96135%
- Education$3,56910%
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 | 133 | $12,773 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 69 | $9,934 |
| Arthrex | 78 | $8,644 |
| Wardlow Enterprises | 4 | $1,414 |
| Prism Medical | 1 | $1,051 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $111 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals 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.
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$3,476
- MAKO$2,769
- Avenir$1,479
- PROCINCH$1,408
- BLUEPRINT PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION$1,236
- NA$1,185
- Persona$1,003
- Comprehensive Primary Stem$973
- T2$825
- GAMMA$819
- VARIAX$347
- ICONIX$343
- ROSA$271
- REUNION$232
- AEQUALIS$138
- AEQUALIS PERFORM$126
- AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED$126
- AXSOS$125
- Arcos Revision Hip Instrumentation$116
- ROSA-Knee$115
How this compares
$34,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 233 sports medicine providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 50 | $562 |
| Gabapentin | 78 | $391 |
| Meloxicam | 113 | $199 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 44 | $109 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $90 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 14 | $62 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 29 | $54 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Springfield
- Woodley DesirSpringfield$67K
- Benjamin DombDes Plaines$16.3M
- Gregory NicholsonChicago$6.7M
- Grant GarriguesChicago$2.5M
- Brian ColeChicago$2.1M
- Brian ForsytheChicago$1.9M
- Nikhil VermaChicago$647K
- Shane NhoChicago$521K
- Jourdan CancienneJoliet$224K
- Vehniah TjongChicago$173K
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.