Kristofer Charlton-Ouw, MD
Vascular Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1104995828
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 396 payments — averaging $606.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$62K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$49K
- Abbott$43K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$36K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$28K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$11K
- plus $11K from 45 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,14642%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3501%
- Travel & lodging$4,42812%
- Food & beverage$15,83644%
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.
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.
- Product in Development$7,950
- Endurant$6,644
- ENDURANT IIS$1,869
- Torus Stent Graft System$1,448
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$1,194
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,094
- ENDOCROSS Device$1,026
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$823
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$709
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$632
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$612
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$565
- AFX$524
- Ovation$524
- Valiant Captivia$461
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$437
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$374
- HeRO Graft$350
- Surfacer Inside-Out Catheter$350
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$287
How this compares
$240,320 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 347 vascular surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $22,521 |
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $13,370 |
| Cilostazol | 69 | $1,340 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 80 | $699 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $429 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 31 | $202 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $76 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $57 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $659 | $22,52122 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $50 | $13,37020 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 95th percentile of 347 vascular surgery providers in Texas.
Other vascular surgery in Houston
- Alan LumsdenHouston$2.4M
- Gustavo OderichHouston$999K
- Samuel LeonardHouston$431K
- Ali AzizzadehHouston$387K
- Jean BismuthHouston$382K
- Maham RahimiHouston$221K
- Jayer ChungHouston$179K
- Steven MaximusHouston$140K
- Charudatta BavareHouston$130K
- Joseph MillsHouston$94K
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.