Kristian Hochberg, MD
Vascular Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1114930021
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Endologix LLC accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $28,377 and has fallen 93.1% since, to $1,967 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in SC 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 631 payments — averaging $167.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endologix LLC$75K
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Medtronic$6K
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- KCI USA, Inc.$3K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- plus $4K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$54,00051%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,3009%
- Travel & lodging$17,60517%
- Food & beverage$25,02124%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endologix LLC | 216 | $74,657 |
| Boston Scientific | 96 | $13,455 |
| Medtronic | 171 | $5,648 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 12 | $3,292 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 6 | $3,164 |
| Philips North America LLC | 53 | $2,106 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 24 | $1,329 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 15 | $827 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $229 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 2 | $173 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $169 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $154 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $152 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $145 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 7 | $133 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $35 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$37,726
- Ovation$25,578
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$4,869
- Ranger$3,584
- 3M Cavilon$3,126
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$2,997
- PREVENA$2,997
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$2,997
- Indigo System$2,911
- ELUVIA$1,990
- Abre$1,436
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$975
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$923
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$669
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$660
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$660
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$660
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$611
- Labosys$380
- TurboHawk$347
How this compares
$105,926 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 99 vascular surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 104 | $830 |
| Diazepam | 49 | $42 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Charleston
- Ravi VeeraswamyCharleston$164K
- Zachary ArthursCharleston$84K
- Jean Marie RuddyCharleston$54K
- Adam KeeferCharleston$32K
- Richard ShiCharleston$20K
- Matthew AndersonCharleston$18K
- Tru DangCharleston$17K
- Adam TaniousCharleston$16K
- Sean HislopCharleston$15K
- John GedneyCharleston$12K
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.