Aesha Patel
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1699303479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,271 of the $8,510 with a category attached, or 61.9%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 40.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,967, more than ten times the $423 reported in 2021.
Across 100 payments — averaging $85.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$724
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$612
- Balt USA, LLC$297
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5006%
- Travel & lodging$2,73932%
- Food & beverage$5,27162%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 17 | $3,407 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,305 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $1,082 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 14 | $724 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $612 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $297 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $187 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $183 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $70 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $50 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, 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.
- RUBY Coil$1,964
- Indigo System$1,036
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$784
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$327
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$327
- Prestige Coil System$297
- TheraSphere Administration Set$177
- Zilver PTX$170
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$150
- CONCERTOTM$145
- Rosch-Uchida$135
- General - Interventional Oncology$129
- VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis w/ Controlled Expansion$128
How this compares
$8,510 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 197 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Illinois.
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- Kush DesaiChicago$1M
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- Christopher MolvarChicago$850K
- Sreekumar MadasseryChicago$459K
- Bulent ArslanChicago$300K
- Sameer AnsariChicago$161K
- Ahsun RiazChicago$127K
- Ramona GuptaChicago$72K
- Scott ResnickChicago$38K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.