Vikram Chatrath, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Bossier City, LANPI 1205264074
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.3%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 39.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,241 and has fallen 95.2% since, to $156 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $96.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Maxx Orthopedics, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$894
- Gemini Medical LLC$667
- plus $703 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$491%
- Travel & lodging$4,99553%
- Food & beverage$2,45826%
- Education$1,86720%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 25 | $3,708 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $1,200 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $1,187 |
| Maxx Orthopedics, Inc. | 8 | $1,010 |
| Stryker | 39 | $894 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $667 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $217 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $113 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $99 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $57 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- AQUAMANTYS$1,118
- Comprehensive Shoulder System$1,070
- Libertas Hip$765
- ROSA-Knee$670
- ROSA$369
- TAPESTRY$124
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$113
- TFN-Advance$112
- Fibulink$112
- NA$112
How this compares
$9,369 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 176 | $662 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $301 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $221 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $187 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Bossier City
- John MaysBossier City$40K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
- Vinod DasaKenner$1.9M
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Jorge IsazaBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Neil MakiThibodaux$620K
- Robert ZuraNew Orleans$597K
- Kevin McCarthyBaton Rouge$594K
- Timmothy RandellAlexandria$498K
- Fernando SanchezNew Orleans$484K
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.