David Rigberg, MD
Vascular Surgery · Santa Monica, CANPI 1285658500
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.6%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 73.1% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among vascular surgery clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 116 payments — averaging $351.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$30K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Cook Incorporated$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$863
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $3488.45 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$28K
- Endologix LLC$7K
- Boston Scientific$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,01047%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,98024%
- Grants$2,1385%
- Food & beverage$9,68124%
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. | 51 | $29,830 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $2,715 |
| Abbott | 10 | $2,447 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $1,971 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $1,093 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 9 | $863 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $696 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $409 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $255 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $238 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 4 | $196 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| BD | 1 | $32 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $1 |
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.
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$15,801
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$12,371
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$11,702
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$10,780
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface$5,500
- C3 Delivery System$5,466
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$5,457
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$4,730
- GORE-TEX Vascular Graft$4,730
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$4,344
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$4,305
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$2,955
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$2,658
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$1,000
- XIENCE V$1,000
- Endurant$415
- Penumbra System$386
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$297
- Stravix$255
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$200
How this compares
$40,809 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $9,616 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 23 | $228 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Santa Monica
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$488K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$477K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$469K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
- Johnathon RolloLos Angeles$337K
- Melissa LojaFairfield$272K
- Jason LeePalo Alto$228K
- John LaneSan Diego$212K
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.