Carlos Torres-Medina, MD
Vascular Surgery · Anderson, SCNPI 1972980761
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $14,588 of the $19,388 with a category attached, or 75.2%. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,128 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $180 in 2025.
Across 351 payments — averaging $55.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$1K
- Endologix LLC$794
- Johnson & Johnson$611
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$450
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,80025%
- Food & beverage$14,58875%
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(2 entities) | 163 | $11,044 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 49 | $2,490 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 29 | $1,373 |
| Endologix LLC | 13 | $794 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $611 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 8 | $450 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 7 | $326 |
| Abbott | 3 | $297 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 2 | $247 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $232 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $201 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 7 | $163 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $158 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $141 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $116 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $103 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $79 |
| Acell, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $55 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $51 |
| Misonix Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $34 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Normatec Industries, LP | 1 | $17 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Valiant Navion$2,763
- HawkOne$1,178
- ENDURANT IIS$1,033
- Endurant$974
- Valiant Captivia$966
- Zilver PTX$524
- C3 Delivery System$259
- BioMimics$247
- Supera peripheral stent system$247
- XARELTO$243
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$180
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$174
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$167
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$154
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$150
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$150
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$141
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$123
- Cook$123
- Azur CX Detachable$122
How this compares
$19,388 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 99 vascular surgery providers in South 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.
Other vascular surgery in Anderson
- Matthew GeorgeAnderson$15K
- Jennifer ThomasAnderson$13K
- Louis KnoeppAnderson$12K
- John RossOrangeburg$847K
- David DeatonColumbia$609K
- Mathew WoosterWest Columbia$443K
- Sagar GandhiGreenville$236K
- Ravi VeeraswamyCharleston$164K
- Gerald FortunaWest Columbia$143K
- Kristian HochbergCharleston$106K
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.