Jorge Lopera, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · San Antonio, TXNPI 1225091952
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $55,100 of the $75,902 with a category attached, or 72.6%. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Guerbet LLC at 30.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $34,119, 6.4 times the $5,316 reported in 2019. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 165 payments — averaging $460.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Guerbet LLC$23K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$17K
- Cook Incorporated$15K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$4K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$4K
- plus $6K from 23 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $14,562 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.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$133K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$103K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$8K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,10073%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,90014%
- Travel & lodging$1,8412%
- Food & beverage$8,05011%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Guerbet LLC | 5 | $22,840 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 24 | $17,410 |
| Cook Incorporated | 3 | $15,300 |
| Boston Scientific | 29 | $6,271 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 8 | $3,877 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 16 | $3,721 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 4 | $2,031 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 10 | $747 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 15 | $722 |
| Provepharm Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $430 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $348 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $319 |
| Stryker | 5 | $237 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $229 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 3 | $226 |
| EKOS Corporation | 2 | $175 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Shionogi Inc | 3 | $55 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Baylis Medical Technologies Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| BD | 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.
- Lipiodol$15,000
- Cook$12,900
- TLAB$3,500
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$3,000
- GORE VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis$2,877
- Nester$2,400
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,586
- Embosphere Microspheres$1,500
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$406
- GORE VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis with Controlled Expansion$386
- LAVA LES (Liquid Embolic System)$329
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$269
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$269
- Tornado$261
- THERASPHERE$218
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$148
- SpyGlass Discover$143
- Liverty$141
- TIPS$139
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)$138
How this compares
$75,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 299 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Texas.
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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 | 20 | $141 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in San Antonio
- John WalkerSan Antonio$27K
- Matthew Czar TaonSan Antonio$10K
- Orlando DiazHouston$611K
- Rahul ShethHouston$410K
- Miguel MonteroHouston$386K
- Joshua KubanHouston$301K
- Peiman HabibollahiHouston$254K
- Ahmed Abdel AalHouston$147K
- Varshana GurusamyHouston$141K
- Sanjeeva KalvaDallas$128K
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.