Aravinda Abeysekera, MD
Vascular Surgery · Hickory, NCNPI 1972957173
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,062 of the $5,376 with a category attached, or 75.6%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,943 and has fallen 70.4% since, to $872 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $95.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Endologix LLC$800
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$443
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$189
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$141
- plus $921 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$80515%
- Food & beverage$4,06276%
- Education$5099%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 23 | $1,704 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $1,179 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $800 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $443 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $141 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $54 |
| Stryker | 2 | $53 |
| Abbott | 2 | $49 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$702
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$485
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$485
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$253
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$190
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$189
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$189
- Torus Stent Graft System$183
- ENDOCROSS Device$183
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$141
- Diamondback Peripheral$137
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$132
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$126
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$122
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$122
- (6582) Visions 035$116
- RotarexS 6 F x 135 cm$102
How this compares
$5,376 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 119 vascular surgery providers in North Carolina.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $7,953 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 21 | $362 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $181 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Hickory
- Lindsay BoolsHickory$6K
- Gener DresslerHickory$4K
- Korsica MebaneHickory$3K
- Frank ArkoCharlotte$2.6M
- Erin MurphyCharlotte$598K
- Robert MendesRaleigh$408K
- Ellen DillavouRaleigh$284K
- Mark FarberChapel Hill$245K
- Hector Crespo SotoCharlotte$178K
- Rebecca KelsoCharlotte$148K
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.