Howard Hermans, MD
Vascular Surgery · Saint Petersburg, FLNPI 1710961867
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 291 payments — averaging $98.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$8K
- Medtronic$5K
- Cvrx, Inc.$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Davol Inc.$2K
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,70037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0007%
- Travel & lodging$3,43512%
- Food & beverage$12,41243%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 30 | $7,932 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 84 | $5,060 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 29 | $4,163 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 63 | $3,443 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $2,140 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 25 | $1,623 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $558 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $460 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $238 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 6 | $228 |
| Stryker | 2 | $161 |
| Abbott | 1 | $120 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $94 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $67 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $63 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 4 | $59 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $33 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$7,902
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$7,574
- Barostim Neo System$3,653
- Indigo System$2,107
- Valiant Navion$985
- ENDURANT IIS$840
- Endurant$500
- Valiant Captivia$325
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$309
- Penumbra System$244
- ZENITH FLEX$202
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$176
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$168
- HawkOne$159
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$154
- ARTIX MT$149
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$146
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$143
- Zenith$123
- ESPRIT$120
How this compares
$28,547 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 385 vascular surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 22 | $761 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 63 | $325 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 24 | $76 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Saint Petersburg
- Samuel TapperStuart$1.3M
- Erin MooreJacksonville$488K
- Mariano ArosemenaBradenton$472K
- Woongchae LeeBoca Raton$414K
- Manuel Perez IzquierdoOrlando$396K
- Murray ShamesTampa$354K
- Joseph RicottaDelray Beach$344K
- Martin BackTampa$303K
- Rajesh MalikNaples$296K
- Eduardo MartinezMiami$288K
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.