Vivek Huilgol, MD
Gastroenterology · New Orleans, LANPI 1760426035
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $25,506 of the $36,657 with a category attached, or 69.6%. US Endoscopy accounts for 69.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,630, 4.2 times the $3,443 reported in 2019. Among gastroenterology clinicians in LA 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 52 payments — averaging $704.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- US Endoscopy$26K
- Capsovision, Inc.$10K
- Olympus America Inc.$258
- AbbVie$150
- AstraZeneca$125
- Gilead$57
- plus $117 from 4 others
Across 322 payments — averaging $4956.60 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.
- AbbVie$1.3M
- Eli Lilly$227K
- Bausch Health US, LLC$35K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$16K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$10K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$25,50670%
- Consulting fees$10,39228%
- Food & beverage$7592%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| US Endoscopy | 28 | $25,506 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 5 | $10,445 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 9 | $258 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $150 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Gilead | 1 | $57 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $30 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $23 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Boost$19,063
- CapsoCam Plus$10,392
- Boost Head Positioner$6,443
- Skyrizi$125
- ANDEXXA$125
How this compares
$36,657 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 254 gastroenterology 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.
Other gastroenterology in New Orleans
- Sarah GloverNew Orleans$274K
- Nisha LoganantharajNew Orleans$173K
- Shamita ShahNew Orleans$114K
- Arnab RayNew Orleans$26K
- Janak ShahNew Orleans$18K
- Stephen LandreneauNew Orleans$17K
- Virendra JoshiNew Orleans$16K
- Parth ParekhNew Orleans$10K
- Jonathon ChapmanBaton Rouge$998K
- Conar FittonKenner$955K
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.