Christian Ochoa, MD
Vascular Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1013116441
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $87.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- Cvrx, Inc.$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$698
- Medtronic$669
- Cook Medical LLC$563
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,94017%
- Travel & lodging$9599%
- Food & beverage$8,24974%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 23 | $4,419 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 10 | $1,407 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 11 | $1,255 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $698 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $669 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $563 |
| Abbott | 25 | $556 |
| Laminate Medical Technologies Inc. | 1 | $383 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $237 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $200 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $150 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 5 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $79 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $73 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $51 |
| Humacyte Global, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $42 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $34 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $27 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
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.
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$1,425
- Barostim Neo System$1,138
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,107
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,050
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$959
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$844
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$844
- C3 Delivery System$717
- VasQ$383
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$325
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$263
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$181
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$177
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$175
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$167
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$166
- Zilver PTX$160
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$157
- Abre$150
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$150
How this compares
$11,147 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 27 | $423 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Johnathon RolloLos Angeles$340K
- Gregory MageeLos Angeles$163K
- Donald BarilLos Angeles$123K
- Vincent RoweLos Angeles$115K
- Jesus UlloaLos Angeles$110K
- Miguel ManzurLos Angeles$110K
- Rajeev RaoLos Angeles$107K
- Allan TullochLos Angeles$98K
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.