Diego Ayo, MD
Vascular Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1518197805
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $42,003 of the $67,907 with a category attached, or 61.9%. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inari Medical, Inc. at 35.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,370, more than ten times the $1,349 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in FL 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 692 payments — averaging $98.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$24K
- Stryker$23K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$7K
- Penumbra, Inc.$7K
- Cook Medical LLC$2K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 33 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $855.44 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.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,25022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0504%
- Travel & lodging$7,60411%
- Food & beverage$42,00362%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 272 | $23,934 |
| Stryker | 109 | $22,727 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 57 | $7,319 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 56 | $7,202 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 30 | $1,688 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 42 | $1,151 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $1,081 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $322 |
| Abbott | 15 | $318 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $259 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $213 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 7 | $170 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $159 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $135 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $116 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $98 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $94 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $86 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 6 | $75 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $45 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $36 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $21 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$35,949
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$34,975
- Indigo System$5,327
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,554
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,343
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$1,028
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$1,009
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$879
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$796
- FlowTriever$598
- ARTIX MT$572
- Penumbra System$360
- ClotTriever$340
- Cook Medical Peripheral Intervention$340
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$303
- FLOWSAVER$278
- Zenith Spiral-Z$276
- Diamondback Peripheral$258
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$258
- ENDURANT IIS$256
How this compares
$67,907 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 385 vascular surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 19 | $14,215 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 96 | $522 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Tampa
- Charles BaileyTampa$162K
- Murray ShamesTampa$144K
- K Dean ArnaoutakisTampa$115K
- Halim YammineTampa$92K
- Charles BriggsTampa$90K
- Martin BackTampa$43K
- Karl IlligTampa$38K
- Samuel TapperStuart$1.3M
- Mariano ArosemenaBradenton$472K
- Manuel Perez IzquierdoOrlando$302K
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.