Eric Kuo, MD
Vascular Surgery · Orange, CANPI 1730587379
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (50.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,435 and has fallen 62.4% since, to $3,926 in 2025.
Across 199 payments — averaging $133.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- plus $3K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$13,56151%
- Food & beverage$13,01349%
- Education$880%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 55 | $12,665 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 27 | $3,095 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 10 | $2,906 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $1,867 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 27 | $1,806 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 14 | $1,678 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 13 | $1,138 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $628 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 10 | $277 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $239 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $139 |
| Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$9,122
- Indigo System$2,473
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,245
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,138
- HawkOne$1,118
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$1,115
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$931
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$931
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$858
- ENDOCROSS Device$628
- Torus Stent Graft System$628
- Abre$618
- JETSTREAM$528
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$451
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$363
- Cook Medical Thoracic$345
- Cook Medical AAA$335
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$314
- IN.PACT Admiral$278
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$255
How this compares
$26,662 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 30 | $684 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 33 | $374 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 20 | $194 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Orange
- Roy FujitaniOrange$57K
- Anthony ChauOrange$57K
- Samuel ChenOrange$42K
- Nii-Kabu KabuteyOrange$31K
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$488K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$477K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$469K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
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.