Joshua Balderman, MD
Vascular Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1306285325
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Inari Medical, Inc. accounts for 76.1% of it on its own, with 37 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $57,761 and has fallen 90.8% since, to $5,304 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in AZ 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 473 payments — averaging $285.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$103K
- Medtronic$9K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$9K
- Stryker$4K
- Abbott$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 32 others
Across 47 payments — averaging $4653.61 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.
- Medtronic$156K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$51K
- Stryker$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$64,34648%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,32528%
- Travel & lodging$16,59912%
- Food & beverage$13,99510%
- Education$1,8571%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 116 | $102,877 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 37 | $9,293 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 22 | $8,575 |
| Stryker | 6 | $4,182 |
| Abbott | 95 | $2,832 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 30 | $1,734 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 24 | $1,716 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 59 | $549 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $449 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $304 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $286 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $262 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $261 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $259 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 6 | $241 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $231 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $137 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $105 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $93 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $82 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $53 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $26 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $16 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 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.
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$119,393
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$89,939
- ClosureFast$3,900
- VenaSeal$2,900
- IN.PACT Admiral$1,625
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,319
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$1,319
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$1,167
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$1,167
- FlowTriever$954
- ClotTriever$954
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$509
- Supera peripheral stent system$356
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$316
- Relay Grafts$272
- Impella$261
- Tack Endovascular System$259
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$200
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$170
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$158
How this compares
$135,121 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 105 vascular surgery providers in Arizona.
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 | 128 | $97,048 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $34,007 |
| Cilostazol | 126 | $3,288 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 196 | $2,266 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 67 | $1,029 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $83 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $53 | $97,048128 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $105 | $34,00732 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 105 vascular surgery providers in Arizona.
Other vascular surgery in Tucson
- John PacanowskiTucson$85K
- Joseph SabatTucson$48K
- Bernardo MendozaTucson$33K
- Federico YanquezTucson$31K
- Christopher ComptonTucson$27K
- Matthew NamannyTucson$25K
- Lauren BeliveauTucson$24K
- Eric BerensTucson$19K
- Layla LucasTucson$16K
- Codyjo KraemerTucson$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.