James Gardner, MD
Vascular Surgery · Memphis, TNNPI 1801009089
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (33.2%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. accounts for 63.3% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,316 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $805 in 2025.
Across 170 payments — averaging $104.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$11K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$818
- Philips North America LLC$773
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$186
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25030%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,25030%
- Travel & lodging$1,3898%
- Food & beverage$5,90733%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 26 | $11,266 |
| Medtronic | 25 | $2,581 |
| Abbott | 30 | $1,052 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 26 | $818 |
| Philips North America LLC | 35 | $773 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $186 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $184 |
| Laminate Medical Technologies Inc. | 2 | $183 |
| Sonavex, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $150 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $123 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $83 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $26 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 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.
- Ellipsys$1,486
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$626
- Kerecis SurgiClose$601
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$184
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$184
- Mitra Clip system$167
- MitraClip$162
- EchoMark$153
- EchoSure$153
- Kerecis GraftGuide$150
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$147
- VasQ External Support$147
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$143
- Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve$140
- COVERA$128
How this compares
$17,796 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 117 vascular surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 | 196 | $1,366 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Memphis
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- Spyridon MonastiriotisMemphis$10K
- Randall FranzMemphis$10K
- Justin HunterMemphis$8K
- Shaun StickleyMemphis$8K
- Sira DusonMemphis$6K
- Daniel ClairNashville$993K
- Anton Dias PereraGermantown$832K
- Bryan FisherHendersonville$417K
- Christopher LesarChattanooga$311K
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.