Who Paid My Doc
Karukurichi Venkatesh
Colon & Rectal Surgery Gilbert, AZ Medical Doctor
NPI 1891768677 CMS profile 313049
2223 E Baseline Rd, Suite A, Gilbert, AZ 85234
General payments
$2,014
Research payments
$0
Ownership & investment interest
$0
Research they led as principal investigator
$33,481
Through program year 2025, Karukurichi Venkatesh of Gilbert, AZ is reported in the CMS Open Payments database as having received $2,014 across 93 general payments and $0 in research payments paid to them. Separately, studies naming them as principal investigator received $33,481 in research payments, paid to institutions rather than to them.
No combined total General, research and ownership are kept apart. Each is reported under its own rules, and ownership is not money that moved at all but the value of a stake held. A meal, a clinical trial grant and a shareholding do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them. The principal-investigator line is research money paid to institutions for studies they led — not to them — and is not added to anything either.
General payments for this record sit in the 43rd percentile of Colon & Rectal Surgery profiles with reported payments. Percentile describes the distribution, not the conduct.
By program year
7 rows| Year | Kind | Relative to this record's peak year | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | General | $62 | 3 | |
| 2024 | General | $60 | 3 | |
| 2023 | General | $292 | 13 | |
| 2022 | General | $376 | 17 | |
| 2021 | General | $595 | 19 | |
| 2020 | General | $189 | 11 | |
| 2019 | General | $441 | 27 |
Beside peers
- Karukurichi Venkatesh
- Colon & Rectal Surgery median
- Middle half of Colon & Rectal Surgery
- National median
In program year 2025, general payments to Karukurichi Venkatesh were reported at $62. Among 1,481 Colon & Rectal Surgery profiles paid that year, the median was $317 and the middle half received between $109 and $1,248.
Show as a table
| Year | Karukurichi Venkatesh | Colon & Rectal Surgery median | Middle half | National median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $441 | $443 | $125–$2,179 | $163 |
| 2020 | $189 | $167 | $53–$931 | $114 |
| 2021 | $595 | $207 | $72–$1,272 | $132 |
| 2022 | $376 | $341 | $111–$1,587 | $149 |
| 2023 | $292 | $322 | $115–$1,420 | $160 |
| 2024 | $60 | $328 | $112–$1,354 | $164 |
| 2025 | $62 | $317 | $109–$1,248 | $169 |
Breakdown
A payment can name more than one product, so these amounts overlap and do not add up to the general-payment figure.
Prescribing to Medicare patients
Part D · data year 2024 · 19 drugsPart D claims
1,063
Drug cost
$1,002,622
Branded share of claims
75.7%
| Drug | Type | Relative to their largest | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gattex Teduglutide | Brand | 22 | $971,056 | |
| Mesalamine | Generic | 26 | $5,385 | |
| Gavilyte-G Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | Brand | 311 | $4,857 | |
| Sutab Sod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | Brand | 25 | $4,123 | |
| Balsalazide Disodium | Generic | 22 | $4,054 | |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | Brand | 59 | $3,955 | |
| Peg 3350-Electrolyte Sodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | Brand | 140 | $3,069 | |
| Peg-3350 And Electrolytes Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | Brand | 103 | $1,571 | |
| Hydrocortisone | Generic | 75 | $1,215 | |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | Brand | 52 | $859 |
The 10 drugs with the highest cost, of 19 counted.
Drug cost is what was paid for the drugs at the pharmacy — by Medicare, the patient and others — and is not money to the prescriber. Medicare Part D only: drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries. A drug with fewer than 11 claims for this prescriber is not published, so a missing drug does not mean zero. The medians are for the 1,507 Part D prescribers listed as Colorectal Surgery (Proctology); they describe a distribution and say nothing about conduct.
Billing to Medicare
Part B · data year 2024 · 51 billing codesPaid by Medicare
$190,540
Medicare patients
728
Services billed
1,658
| Condition among their Medicare patients | Relative to the most common | Share of patients |
|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure | 70% | |
| Arthritis | 49% | |
| Ischemic heart disease | 31% | |
| Diabetes | 25% | |
| Cancer | 20% | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 19% | |
| Depression | 17% | |
| Osteoporosis | 17% |
Medicare Part B only: services billed to Medicare. Rows covering fewer than 11 beneficiaries are not published. Only drugs given in the clinic are itemised here; the rest of what this provider billed is in the total above.
Records
93 reportedEvery payment, record by record
Date, company, amount, what it was for and the product named — filter by year, kind and company, or download as CSV.
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How to read this page
What each amount means, and what it does not mean.
What this means
U.S. law requires drug and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value they make to physicians and teaching hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publishes that record each year. This page shows what was reported about this person, and nothing else.
An ownership interest is different from the other two. It is not a payment: it is a stake — shares, options, a partnership holding — that a physician or an immediate family member held in a manufacturer during that year. The figure shown is what the stake was reported to be worth.
Research payments frequently pass through a clinician to the institution running a trial, and rarely represent personal income. They should be read differently from general payments.