Luke Marone, MD
Vascular Surgery · Sandy Springs, GANPI 1407820483
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,175 of the $9,410 with a category attached, or 76.2%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 28.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,484 and has fallen 92.9% since, to $247 in 2024.
Across 126 payments — averaging $74.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Endologix LLC$608
- Cook Medical LLC$409
- plus $1K from 17 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $944.77 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.
- Boston Scientific$6K
- EKOS Corporation$6K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,23524%
- Food & beverage$7,17576%
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 | 24 | $2,692 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 26 | $1,985 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 15 | $1,489 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 15 | $1,069 |
| Endologix LLC | 9 | $608 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 7 | $409 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $244 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $164 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $84 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $82 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $73 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $27 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Penumbra, 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.
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$1,227
- HawkOne$399
- TurboHawk$373
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$354
- IN.PACT Admiral$247
- GENERAL BALLOONS$245
- BioMimics$244
- GENERAL ANGIOGRAPHY$226
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$164
- Cook$144
- Endurant$140
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$139
- Grafts$136
- CareLink$121
- GENERAL GUIDEWIRES$120
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$106
- ANGIOJET$105
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$105
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$105
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$105
How this compares
$9,410 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 17 | $257 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Sandy Springs
- Siddharth PatelAtlanta$303K
- Juan AyerdiColumbus$130K
- Albert RichardsonThomasville$103K
- Walaya Methodius-RayfordAtlanta$79K
- Eric MartinFort Gordon$64K
- William JordanAugusta$64K
- Alykhan LalaniMarietta$64K
- Charles MoomeyGainesville$52K
- Suman AnnambhotlaGainesville$48K
- Andrew UnzeitigAtlanta$46K
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.