Efthymios Avgerinos
Vascular Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1376810515
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $87,084 of the $119,718 with a category attached, or 72.7%. Inari Medical, Inc. accounts for 60.3% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $64,919 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $357 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in PA 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 100 payments — averaging $1197.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$72K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$14K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$11K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$6K
- Asahi Intecc USA, Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 6 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $2470.83 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.
- Penumbra, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$87,08473%
- Speaking & faculty fees$27,22723%
- Travel & lodging$2,7562%
- Food & beverage$2,5252%
- Education$1250%
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. | 40 | $72,198 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 12 | $14,424 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $12,463 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 22 | $10,749 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $6,447 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 3 | $1,625 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $719 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $569 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $250 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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$53,434
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$42,000
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$7,040
- VENOVO$4,675
- AlphaVac$4,515
- Varithena Administration Pack$4,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,000
- GENERAL METALLIC STENTS$3,000
- ASAHI PTCA Guide Wire$1,125
- TIGRIS Stent$839
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$815
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$740
- PREVENA$719
- Abre$525
- ASAHI Micro Catheter$500
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$189
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$185
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$173
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$166
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$160
How this compares
$119,718 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 236 vascular surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
Other vascular surgery in Pittsburgh
- Michel MakarounPittsburgh$143K
- Nathan LiangPittsburgh$81K
- Scott ChapmanPittsburgh$21K
- Catherine GoPittsburgh$21K
- Othman Abdul-MalakPittsburgh$18K
- Samuel SimonePittsburgh$18K
- Amanda PhillipsPittsburgh$18K
- Desiree PiconePittsburgh$12K
- Michael SinghPittsburgh$12K
- Bart ChessPittsburgh$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.