Vinod Rustgi, MD
Gastroenterology · New Brunswick, NJNPI 1679589121
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $335,220 of the $431,374 with a category attached, or 77.7%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Madrigal Pharmaceuticals at 32.4% of the total. Among gastroenterology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 403 payments — averaging $1070.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$140K
- Gilead$123K
- AbbVie$111K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$9K
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$7K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$6K
- plus $36K from 15 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $9122.77 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.
- Regeneron$226K
- AbbVie$48K
- Dova Pharmaceuticals$9K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$8K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$453
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$62
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$62,51814%
- Speaking & faculty fees$335,22078%
- Travel & lodging$22,7765%
- Food & beverage$10,8613%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 112 | $139,714 |
| Gilead | 124 | $122,691 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 101 | $110,526 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $8,940 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 7 | $6,935 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $6,136 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $6,000 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $5,819 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $5,816 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $4,186 |
| Shionogi Inc | 4 | $4,102 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $3,715 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 8 | $2,541 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $2,500 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,000 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 1 | $550 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $107 |
| Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Evoendo, Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
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.
How this compares
$431,374 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 701 gastroenterology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ursodiol | 35 | $7,531 |
| Tacrolimus | 17 | $5,551 |
| Azathioprine | 13 | $796 |
| Lactulose | 17 | $252 |
| Omeprazole | 20 | $232 |
| Spironolactone | 13 | $203 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 15 | $106 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gastroenterology in New Brunswick
- Lea ChenNew Brunswick$185K
- Arvind TrindadeNew Brunswick$82K
- George AbdelsayedNew Brunswick$19K
- Zamir BrelviNewark$391K
- Adam ElfantMount Laurel$385K
- Devjit NayarHoboken$258K
- Alexander PerelmanWest Orange$160K
- Barry KaufmanEgg Harbor Township$157K
- Anish ShethPrinceton$151K
- Ramesh GuptaFair Lawn$143K
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.