James Andersen, MD
Vascular Surgery · San Antonio, TXNPI 1255718201
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,596, 2.6 times the $2,141 reported in 2022.
Across 91 payments — averaging $158.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$964
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$610
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$530%
- Travel & lodging$7,90055%
- Food & beverage$6,14343%
- Education$3122%
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 | 14 | $5,010 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $2,589 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 15 | $2,133 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 16 | $1,665 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 16 | $964 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 8 | $610 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 3 | $483 |
| BD | 2 | $206 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $164 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $35 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
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.
- ENDURANT IIS$4,560
- Indigo System$2,373
- Azur CX Detachable$1,724
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$483
- Cook$382
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$360
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$360
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$350
- RotarexS 6 F x 135 cm$330
- GORE-TEX Vascular Graft$312
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$164
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$164
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$164
- Restrata Wound Matrix$138
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$125
- C3 Delivery System$125
- Zenith$121
- HawkOne$109
- IMPEDE EMBOLIZATION PLUG$107
How this compares
$14,408 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 347 vascular surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in San Antonio
- William EnglishSan Antonio$194K
- Lucas Ferrer CardonaSan Antonio$141K
- Nessa MillerSan Antonio$41K
- Lyssa OchoaSan Antonio$39K
- Ashton LeeSan Antonio$35K
- Andrew NagySan Antonio$35K
- Gregory PearlDallas$2.3M
- Mazin FotehAustin$1.6M
- Alan LumsdenHouston$742K
- Stephen HohmannDallas$499K
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.