Edgar Samaniego, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Iowa City, IANPI 1093771511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Microvention, Inc. at 52.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $199,724, 2.2 times the $89,947 reported in 2019. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 543 payments — averaging $1196.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microvention, Inc.$341K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$120K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$107K
- Medtronic$69K
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$6K
- BTG International Inc.$2K
- plus $5K from 10 others
Across 53 payments — averaging $9970.69 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.
- Microvention, Inc.$355K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$136K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$23K
- Medtronic$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$272,37442%
- Speaking & faculty fees$229,55435%
- Travel & lodging$138,79521%
- Food & beverage$9,1931%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microvention, Inc. | 304 | $341,339 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 69 | $120,345 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 51 | $106,610 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 86 | $68,840 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 4 | $5,775 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $1,925 |
| Medicure Pharma Inc. | 1 | $1,900 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 6 | $1,171 |
| Guerbet LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $490 |
| Vesalio, Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Phenox Inc. | 2 | $233 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $199 |
| Stryker | 2 | $181 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| GSK | 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.
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$173,721
- COMANECI 17$104,718
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$104,718
- EMBOGUARD$92,148
- Pipeline$58,400
- STENT$33,626
- HYDROSOFT ADVANCED$25,110
- SPOTLIGHT$15,805
- PHIL$11,194
- LVIS JUNIOR$6,070
- TrelliX$5,714
- SOFIA EX 5F - 105CM STR$4,960
- RIST$4,533
- Solitaire$3,295
- Aggrastat (tirofiban HCl)$1,900
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$1,719
- Comaneci$900
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$825
- TRUFILL$748
- TUBING KIT - STROKE$724
How this compares
$649,915 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 34 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Iowa.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 32 | $128 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Iowa City
- Santiago Ortega GutierrezIowa City$628K
- Sandeep LaroiaIowa City$24K
- Douglas PowellIowa City$16K
- Gustavo AndradeIowa City$13K
- Chad DavisIowa City$6K
- Bradford OlivaIowa City$3K
- Brendan CarneyIowa City$2K
- Talal MouradIowa City$2K
- Hans BindnerIowa City$1K
- Jerry KovoorIowa City$1K
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.