Felix Vladimir, MD
Vascular Surgery · Tacoma, WANPI 1962472993
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $11,626 of the $18,509 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Medtronic accounts for 62.8% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,972 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $1,924 in 2025.
Across 142 payments — averaging $130.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$845
- Abbott$724
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$723
- Cook Medical LLC$454
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2501%
- Travel & lodging$11,62663%
- Food & beverage$6,63336%
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 | $11,624 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 13 | $2,032 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 9 | $845 |
| Abbott | 6 | $724 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 16 | $723 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $454 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 5 | $413 |
| Catheter Precision, Inc. FKA Ra Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $312 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $238 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $203 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $189 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $143 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Avenu Medical Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Venclose Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- HawkOne$8,148
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,686
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,457
- Abre$903
- NA$710
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$691
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$691
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$691
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$691
- Endurant$566
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$322
- FlowTriever$221
- ClotTriever$221
- OPTIS$192
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$172
- OMNILINK ELITE$169
- PROGREAT$159
- Azur CX Detachable$159
- HI-TORQUE COMMAND$152
- XIENCE SIERRA$147
How this compares
$18,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 111 vascular surgery providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 28 | $20,697 |
| EliquisApixaban | 22 | $14,865 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $10,589 |
| Cilostazol | 45 | $971 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 144 | $932 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $258 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 22 | $163 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Tacoma
- Amit KainthTacoma$12K
- Chatt JohnsonTacoma$10K
- Charles AndersenTacoma$9K
- Hao VuTacoma$7K
- Jonathan RatcliffTacoma$5K
- Allen RubinTacoma$5K
- Daiva NevidomskyteTacoma$4K
- Sarah KochTacoma$4K
- Benjamin StarnesSeatle$666K
- Kathleen GibsonBellevue$593K
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.