Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

SUDARSHAN RAJAGOPAL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1134391253
CMS profile
188432
Location
DURHAM, NC

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$139,038.11

  • Reported across 201 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$47,624.51

63 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $40,960.00 7
Travel and Lodging $4,534.10 23
Food and Beverage $2,130.41 33

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $30,932.98 36
United Therapeutics Corporation $16,648.77 26
Stryker Corporation $42.76 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $16,454.55 28
PY2020 $9,470.14 6
PY2021 $7,394.35 7
PY2022 $17,011.55 35
PY2023 $20,638.41 33
PY2024 $20,444.60 29
PY2025 $47,624.51 63

Payment records · PY2025 (63)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $295.16 05/29/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238001684 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $350.29 05/29/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238009142 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 05/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238028000 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $55.00 05/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237996682 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $65.00 05/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237997050 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $60.00 05/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238008866 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $49.66 06/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238240297 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 06/09/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237999756 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $5,760.00 06/09/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238001682 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $42.85 11/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238191338 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $85.93 11/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238330741 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $316.17 11/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237994870 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $220.83 11/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237999748 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $93.00 11/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238010842 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $116.08 11/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238035438 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $256.16 11/13/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238041957 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $48.00 11/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237995674 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $48.00 11/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238004512 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35.00 11/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238030774 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $100.00 11/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238033494 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $256.16 11/14/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238035436 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $48.00 11/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237998616 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35.00 11/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238033068 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.00 11/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238041955 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 12/01/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1237994868 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $8,960.00 12/01/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238029852 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $182.28 12/03/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238000516 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $30.00 12/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238000860 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $640.00 12/03/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238001948 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $282.02 12/03/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238031468 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $65.01 12/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238033564 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $276.52 12/03/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238035440 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $16.86 12/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238381234 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $6,400.00 12/10/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238008782 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $150.00 12/10/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238031284 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $5,120.00 12/10/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238036808 CMS
Stryker Corporation $42.76 12/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227845869 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $51.67 03/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242544726 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $134.85 06/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242530934 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $58.29 07/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242536644 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $60.63 08/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242530942 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $234.42 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242540916 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $244.96 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242540954 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $82.31 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242540960 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $42.43 10/02/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242540964 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $54.13 10/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242530386 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $54.13 10/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242530484 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $23.68 10/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242531522 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $23.68 10/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242531552 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $8,200.00 10/03/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541002 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $39.09 10/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541024 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $26.00 10/03/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541036 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $41.78 10/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541120 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $84.80 10/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541130 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $217.46 10/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541136 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $52.75 10/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541138 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $326.41 10/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541142 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $422.64 10/18/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541144 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $112.17 10/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541180 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $5,880.00 10/18/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541186 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $72.81 10/19/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541092 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $27.70 10/19/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242541166 CMS
United Therapeutics Corporation $79.98 11/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242542946 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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