Christopher McCarty, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · West Columbia, SCNPI 1609805142
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 83.4% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,961 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $47 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $65.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$149
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$99
- Pfizer$94
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$56
- Johnson & Johnson$45
- plus $220 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,82346%
- Food & beverage$2,07052%
- Education$992%
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) | 31 | $3,330 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $149 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $94 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $45 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Guerbet LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $26 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $13 |
| 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.
- Resolute$2,383
How this compares
$3,992 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 61 vascular & interventional radiology providers in South Carolina.
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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 West Columbia
- William BrehmerWest Columbia$11K
- Jonathan WestWest Columbia$10K
- David KnightWest Columbia$9K
- George RuebWest Columbia$7K
- Marcelo GuimaraesCharleston$609K
- Nilesh PatelMyrtle Beach$201K
- Aron DevaneGreenville$112K
- Ricardo YamadaCharleston$73K
- Claudio SchonholzCharleston$53K
- Antony GayedGreenville$37K
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.