Guillermo Linares, MD
Vascular Neurology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1043487796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Imperative Care, Inc accounts for 71.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,843, more than ten times the $164 reported in 2021.
Across 29 payments — averaging $363.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Imperative Care, Inc$8K
- Microvention, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$357
- Stryker$164
- Route 92 Medical, Inc.$71
- Penumbra, Inc.$38
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,07558%
- Travel & lodging$3,27031%
- Food & beverage$1,19811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Imperative Care, Inc | 9 | $7,557 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 10 | $2,341 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $357 |
| Stryker | 2 | $164 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$7,422
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$3,522
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$2,028
- STENT$1,966
- Azur CX Detachable$1,350
- Chaperon Guiding Catheter$411
- LVIS JUNIOR$205
- TRUFILL$145
- SURPASS EVOLVE$141
How this compares
Too few vascular neurology providers in Missourito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 13 | $196 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular neurology in Saint Louis
- Weston GordonSaint Louis$5K
- Chike IlorahSaint Louis$5K
- Randall EdgellSaint Louis$687
- Adnan QureshiColumbia$60K
- Chizoba EzepueBridgeton$8K
- Camilo GomezColumbia$6K
- Amer AlshekhleeBridgeton$4K
- Brandi FrenchColumbia$3K
- Abdallah AmirehSaint Joseph$3K
- Firas Al ShakarchiKansas City$681
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.