John Ross, MD
Vascular Surgery · Orangeburg, SCNPI 1578567251
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $595,218 of the $846,601 with a category attached, or 70.3%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Venturemed Group, Inc. at 30.2% of the total. Among vascular surgery clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 469 payments — averaging $1805.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Venturemed Group, Inc.$255K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$152K
- Remington Medical, Inc.$113K
- Phraxis, Inc.$100K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$61K
- Arrow International, Inc.$49K
- plus $117K from 25 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $17,536 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Phraxis, Inc.$109K
- Medtronic$40K
- Philips North America LLC$20K
- Laminate Medical Technologies Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$49,3036%
- Consulting fees$595,21870%
- Speaking & faculty fees$159,99319%
- Travel & lodging$25,3573%
- Food & beverage$16,7312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Venturemed Group, Inc. | 98 | $255,317 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 160 | $151,964 |
| Remington Medical, Inc. | 4 | $112,500 |
| Phraxis, Inc. | 10 | $100,159 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 26 | $60,675 |
| Arrow International, Inc. | 11 | $49,303 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $23,820 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 19 | $19,173 |
| AV Medical Technologies Ltd. | 8 | $17,901 |
| Nipro Medical Corporation | 2 | $13,721 |
| Sonavex, Inc. | 14 | $10,975 |
| Covidien LP | 9 | $10,303 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 11 | $7,922 |
| Artegraft Inc. | 4 | $3,726 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 11 | $3,370 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $3,000 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 2 | $1,193 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $405 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $302 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $206 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $148 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $134 |
| Laminate Medical Technologies Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Abbott | 1 | $90 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $26 |
| BD | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- FLEX Vessel Prep System$182,747
- FLEX Scoring Catheter$72,209
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$64,361
- FLUENCY$60,000
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$37,827
- AIRWAY MANAGEMENT - LMA, RUSCH & TELEFLEX BRANDS$30,049
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$27,521
- Venous InterGraft$24,000
- InterGraft Venous Anastomotic Connector$24,000
- GORE ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$23,169
- LMA CLASSIC REUSABLE AIRWAY$19,255
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$19,074
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$19,074
- Chameleon$18,712
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$12,946
- Argyle$10,572
- EchoMark$10,355
- EchoSure$10,249
- ANASTOCLIP$7,738
- IN.PACT Admiral$6,953
How this compares
$846,601 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 99 vascular surgery providers in South Carolina.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Orangeburg
- David DeatonColumbia$609K
- Mathew WoosterWest Columbia$443K
- Sagar GandhiGreenville$236K
- Ravi VeeraswamyCharleston$164K
- Gerald FortunaWest Columbia$143K
- Kristian HochbergCharleston$106K
- Joseph BlasGreenville$101K
- Thomas ApplebyNorth Charleston$89K
- Zachary ArthursCharleston$84K
- Jean Marie RuddyCharleston$54K
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.