Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD
Gastroenterology · Rochester, MNNPI 1265641187
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $41,400 of the $63,502 with a category attached, or 65.2%. Boston Scientific accounts for 84.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $34,614, more than ten times the $1,929 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in MN 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 108 payments — averaging $587.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$54K
- Covidien LP$6K
- Cook Medical LLC$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Olympus America Inc.$325
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$313
- plus $491 from 4 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $854,272 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.
- Merck$1.7M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,00016%
- Speaking & faculty fees$41,40065%
- Grants$1,6553%
- Travel & lodging$5,6289%
- Food & beverage$4,8198%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 92 | $53,585 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $5,900 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $1,888 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $1,000 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $325 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 3 | $313 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $210 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$28,898
- EXALT Model D$8,795
- WallFlex Duodenal$5,115
- AXIOS$3,385
- SPYGLASS$1,532
- GENERAL ENDOCHOICE$1,504
- Barrx$1,000
- FUJIFILM$210
- ECHOTIP INSIGHT$162
- GENERAL - BILIARY DEVICES$143
- Single Use Biliary Stent V$136
- VISIGLIDE$120
- HANAROSTENT LowAxTM Colon/Rectum(NNN)$110
- Olympus EndoTherapy Accessories$107
- ACQUIRE$104
How this compares
$63,502 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 365 gastroenterology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 15 | $19,837 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in Rochester
- John KisielRochester$856K
- Christopher GostoutRochester$299K
- Edward LoftusRochester$282K
- Alina AllenRochester$277K
- Todd BaronRochester$270K
- Sahil KhannaRochester$242K
- Joseph MurrayRochester$234K
- Andres AcostaRochester$224K
- David LarsonRochester$142K
- Ibrahim HanounehRochester$104K
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.