Christopher Busken, MD
Vascular Surgery · Live Oak, TXNPI 1548313455
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Endologix LLC accounts for 71.1% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,504, more than ten times the $2,613 reported in 2019.
Across 391 payments — averaging $116.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endologix LLC$32K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- plus $6K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,60054%
- Travel & lodging$4,51510%
- Food & beverage$16,46436%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endologix LLC | 69 | $32,395 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 35 | $1,582 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 31 | $1,506 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 44 | $1,318 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 33 | $1,266 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 9 | $1,140 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 11 | $735 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $725 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 26 | $722 |
| Celonova Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $597 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 11 | $501 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 7 | $462 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 11 | $426 |
| Philips North America LLC | 19 | $392 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $315 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $213 |
| Stryker | 4 | $209 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $200 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $164 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $154 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $100 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 5 | $93 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $63 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Abbott | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Torus Stent Graft System$31,037
- ENDOCROSS Device$31,037
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$717
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$717
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$524
- Barostim Neo System$524
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$386
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$369
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$346
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$256
- Endurant$154
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$145
- Indigo System$144
- PuraPly$125
- Cook Medical Zilver PTX$125
- HawkOne$124
- TurboHawk$123
- (4066) Tack Endo Sys ATK$120
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$114
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$114
How this compares
$45,579 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 347 vascular surgery providers in Texas.
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 | 36 | $27,325 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 80 | $901 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 63 | $758 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 55 | $398 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Live Oak
- Gregory PearlDallas$2.3M
- Mazin FotehAustin$1.6M
- Alan LumsdenHouston$742K
- Stephen HohmannDallas$499K
- Michael SiahDallas$392K
- Gustavo OderichHouston$319K
- Jean BismuthHouston$243K
- Carlos TimaranDallas$231K
- Dennis GableDallas$211K
- Thomas LohShenandoah$201K
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.