Christopher Pedersen, MD
Vascular Surgery · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1619331717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (43.7%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 44.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,913 and has fallen 72.5% since, to $1,074 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $167.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$3K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$800
- Stryker$559
- Medtronic$347
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$292
- plus $260 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,00013%
- Travel & lodging$3,43844%
- Food & beverage$3,44544%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 13 | $3,469 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $2,156 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $800 |
| Stryker | 5 | $559 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $347 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $292 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $132 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
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.
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$1,789
- Indigo System$1,765
- (6554) Periph Vasc Undiv$1,000
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$437
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$437
- Penumbra System$306
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$292
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$271
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$187
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$155
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface$144
- ELUVIA$132
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$132
- Pounce Thrombectomy$128
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$128
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$128
- Pounce LP Thrombectomy$128
- (6577) Visions 014$118
- (6554) Peripheral Vascular Undivided$105
How this compares
$7,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 84 vascular surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 | 35 | $391 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Minneapolis
- Jesse ManungaMinneapolis$95K
- Joseph KaramMinneapolis$88K
- Derrick GreenMinneapolis$37K
- Jason AlexanderMinneapolis$11K
- Elliot StephensonMinneapolis$9K
- Rachel AndrieMinneapolis$4K
- Timothy SullivanMinneapolis$4K
- Daniel IhnatMinneapolis$3K
- Layne JandaMinneapolis$3K
- Katherin LeckieMinneapolis$3K
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.