Joseph Zarge, MD
Vascular Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1528006525
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Artivion, Inc. at 49.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,678 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $179 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in GA, where the typical reported total is $5,638.
Across 15 payments — averaging $339.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Artivion, Inc.$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- KCI USA, Inc.$850
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$336
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$125
- Boston Scientific$23
- plus $5 from 1 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1360.00 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.
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$85017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50049%
- Food & beverage$1,74134%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $2,500 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $1,252 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $850 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $336 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$2,500
- PREVENA$850
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$506
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$336
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$336
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$298
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$195
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$195
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$172
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$146
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$141
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$141
- C3 Delivery System$129
- Vascular Lithotripsy$125
How this compares
$5,091 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 176 vascular surgery providers in Georgia.
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 | 104 | $75,753 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 54 | $47,030 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 216 | $2,072 |
| Cilostazol | 109 | $1,920 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $571 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $277 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 15 | $237 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $203 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $137 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Atlanta
- Siddharth PatelAtlanta$303K
- Walaya Methodius-RayfordAtlanta$79K
- Andrew UnzeitigAtlanta$46K
- Yazan DuwayriAtlanta$44K
- Anumeha WhisenhuntAtlanta$33K
- James ChangAtlanta$31K
- Chad AlemanAtlanta$21K
- Olamide AlabiAtlanta$19K
- Jorge CorsoAtlanta$18K
- Peter H DoublerAtlanta$15K
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.