Gautam Agarwal
Vascular Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1912982687
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 40.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,909, 2.3 times the $1,720 reported in 2019.
Across 229 payments — averaging $51.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Endologix LLC$515
- Inari Medical, Inc.$380
- plus $3K from 30 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $650.00 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.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,15010%
- Travel & lodging$4,58539%
- Food & beverage$6,04751%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 86 | $4,807 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 4 | $1,300 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $1,111 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $1,056 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $515 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 14 | $380 |
| Stryker | 5 | $349 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $307 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $260 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $222 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 11 | $159 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $133 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $125 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $91 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $63 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $60 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $55 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $50 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $43 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $18 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Flowphysix Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$1,609
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,126
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$997
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$997
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$997
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$997
- Kerecis SurgiClose$502
- (6554) Peripheral Vascular Undivided$446
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$440
- ALTO$330
- Ovation$330
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$317
- Clot Management$200
- ARTIX MT$155
- FLOSEAL$133
- Kerecis GraftGuide$125
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with PROPATEN Bioactive Surface$109
- Indigo System$100
How this compares
$11,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 176 vascular surgery providers in Georgia.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Augusta
- William JordanAugusta$64K
- Houman TamaddonAugusta$21K
- Marat GoldenbergAugusta$16K
- Benjamin PowellAugusta$13K
- Siddharth PatelAtlanta$303K
- Juan AyerdiColumbus$130K
- Albert RichardsonThomasville$103K
- Walaya Methodius-RayfordAtlanta$79K
- Eric MartinFort Gordon$64K
- Alykhan LalaniMarietta$64K
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.