Gregory Schmieder, MD
Vascular Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1619138005
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 58.3% of the total. Among vascular surgery clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 320 payments — averaging $138.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$26K
- Penumbra, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Bolton Medical Inc$874
- plus $6K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,81333%
- Travel & lodging$8,16118%
- Food & beverage$21,38948%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 155 | $25,871 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 17 | $3,906 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 48 | $3,490 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 17 | $2,319 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,693 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 9 | $874 |
| Endologix LLC | 5 | $852 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $828 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $477 |
| Abbott | 4 | $449 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $404 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $365 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $308 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $259 |
| EKOS Corporation | 4 | $227 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $226 |
| Atrium Medical Corporation | 1 | $199 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $181 |
| BD | 1 | $170 |
| Limflow Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $158 |
| Stryker | 3 | $135 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $107 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $70 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $35 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $17 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$9,262
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$5,545
- Indigo System$3,410
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$2,100
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,975
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,975
- ENDURANT IIS$992
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$934
- ELUVIA$901
- Endurant$833
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$808
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$808
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$805
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$447
- Ovation$446
- Penumbra System$365
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$330
- ENDOCROSS Device$292
- Torus Stent Graft System$292
- LUTONIX$275
How this compares
$44,362 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 72 vascular surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $15,812 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 195 | $1,295 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 57 | $215 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Louisville
- Amit DwivediLouisville$406K
- Abindra SigdelLouisville$84K
- Ferenc NagyLouisville$47K
- Erik WayneLouisville$25K
- Matthew JungLouisville$24K
- Nancy ClarkLouisville$19K
- Ashlee VinyardLouisville$12K
- Salem GeorgeLouisville$10K
- Nathaniel LiuLouisville$10K
- Hazaim AlwairLouisville$9K
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.