Jonathan Velasco, MD
Vascular Surgery · Dayton, OHNPI 1962477661
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,869 of the $2,398 with a category attached, or 78.0%. It is spread thinly across 15 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $776 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $115 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $3,770.
Across 43 payments — averaging $55.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$477
- Endologix LLC$340
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$318
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$312
- Abbott$174
- Medtronic$169
- plus $608 from 9 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $582.13 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.
- Endologix LLC$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$52822%
- Food & beverage$1,86978%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $477 |
| Endologix LLC | 3 | $340 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 21 | $318 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $312 |
| Abbott | 1 | $174 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $169 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $80 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $53 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$210
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin$183
- XACT$174
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$169
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$169
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$169
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$169
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$169
- Vascular Lithotripsy$148
- AngioVac$136
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$121
- VENOVO$118
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$115
How this compares
$2,398 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 213 vascular surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 31 | $33,449 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 87 | $606 |
| Cilostazol | 27 | $279 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $177 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $119 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $95 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $43 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $16 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Dayton
- Patrick MuckCincinnati$650K
- Sean LydenCleveland$561K
- Brian KuhnCincinnati$184K
- Vikram RaoWilloughby$137K
- Federico ParodiCleveland$78K
- Francis CaputoCleveland$75K
- Matthew RechtCincinnati$73K
- Geoffrey AnswiniCincinnati$65K
- John PigottToledo$65K
- Adam ReichardMontgomery$62K
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.