Jodi Gerdes, MD
Vascular Surgery · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1033313127
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.1% of the total across 31 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 81.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $685 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $177 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $3,317.
Across 31 payments — averaging $65.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$226
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$83
- Boston Scientific$27
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$20
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$12
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,92295%
- Education$1005%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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(2 entities) | 25 | $1,653 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$2,021 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 84 vascular surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $15,889 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 61 | $1,052 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $422 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Saint Paul
- Brian MillerSaint Paul$10K
- Joel BarbatoSaint Paul$9K
- James DavisSaint Paul$5K
- Lan NguyenSaint Paul$2K
- Todd RasmussenRochester$561K
- Matthew MelinRochester$196K
- Jesse ManungaMinneapolis$95K
- Joseph KaramMinneapolis$88K
- Derrick GreenMinneapolis$37K
- Fahad ShujaRochester$34K
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.