Karthik Bande, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Houston, TXNPI 1043716632
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,483 of the $3,471 with a category attached, or 71.5%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,236 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $845 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,471.
Across 33 payments — averaging $105.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Sirtex Medical Inc$768
- Imperative Care, Inc$277
- Stryker$210
- Inari Medical, Inc.$186
- Terumo Medical Corporation$141
- plus $130 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$98828%
- Food & beverage$2,48372%
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 | 12 | $1,759 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 7 | $768 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $277 |
| Stryker | 3 | $210 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $141 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
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.
How this compares
$3,471 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Houston
- Orlando DiazHouston$611K
- Rahul ShethHouston$410K
- Miguel MonteroHouston$386K
- Joshua KubanHouston$301K
- Peiman HabibollahiHouston$254K
- Ahmed Abdel AalHouston$147K
- Varshana GurusamyHouston$141K
- Armeen MahvashHouston$122K
- Andrew DoeHouston$106K
- Donald GarbettHouston$77K
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.