Akhilesh Sista, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · New York, NYNPI 1720105521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 50.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,682 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $150 in 2024.
Across 53 payments — averaging $109.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$853
- Penumbra, Inc.$441
- Sirtex Medical Inc$220
- Cook Medical LLC$199
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$167
- plus $992 from 9 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $3348.38 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.
- Penumbra, Inc.$83K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$31K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,99252%
- Food & beverage$2,81148%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $2,930 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $853 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $441 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 3 | $220 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $199 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $124 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $123 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $113 |
| BTG International Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$1,143
- ANGIOJET$946
- FlowTriever$768
- ClotTriever$768
- VENOVO$150
- Prestige Coil System$150
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$145
- FLEXITOUCH$142
- ACTITOUCH$142
- ENTRE$142
- Indigo$139
- Cook Medical Stents$127
- AZUR$124
- AngioSeal$124
- EKOSONIC$123
- Indigo System$105
- OPTION$104
How this compares
$5,803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 306 vascular & interventional radiology providers in New York.
See all vascular & interventional radiology providers in New York →
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 vascular & interventional radiology in New York
- Edward KimNew York$831K
- Robert LooksteinNew York$515K
- Rahul PatelNew York$275K
- Aaron FischmanNew York$240K
- Philip MeyersNew York$238K
- Abigail FalkNew York$214K
- Robert RosenNew York$199K
- Asad BaigNew York$137K
- Joshua WeintraubNew York$137K
- Joseph ShamsNew York$136K
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.