Matthew Melin, MD
Vascular Surgery · Rochester, MNNPI 1730166992
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $123,884 of the $196,037 with a category attached, or 63.2%. Tactile Systems Technology Inc accounts for 75.8% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $109,268 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $63 in 2025. Among vascular surgery clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 307 payments — averaging $638.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$149K
- Medline Industries LP$19K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$12K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$10K
- Bioventus LLC$2K
- Urgo Medical North America, LLC$1K
- plus $3K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,66911%
- Speaking & faculty fees$123,88463%
- Travel & lodging$33,82817%
- Food & beverage$6,6333%
- Education$10,0165%
- Gifts$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 246 | $148,623 |
| Medline Industries LP | 18 | $18,772 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 14 | $12,311 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $9,600 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $2,331 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 2 | $1,290 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $1,100 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $740 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $260 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $254 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $253 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $121 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $13 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- ENTRE$145,096
- FLEXITOUCH$129,749
- ACTITOUCH$129,749
- Flexitouch Plus$15,347
- Dermatology and Wound Care$14,104
- EVLT$9,600
- Vashe$1,200
- SonicOne Clinic$1,000
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$253
- SonicOne OR$158
- GRAFIX PL$125
- Grafix XC$125
- Stravix$125
- STRAVIX PL$125
- XARELTO$121
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$100
How this compares
$196,037 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 84 vascular surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 97 | $2,440 |
| Metronidazole | 38 | $932 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 21 | $128 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $103 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Rochester
- Todd RasmussenRochester$561K
- Fahad ShujaRochester$34K
- Mohammad KhasawnehRochester$30K
- Jonathan MorrisonRochester$16K
- Nolan Cirillo-PennRochester$14K
- Grayson PitcherRochester$10K
- Manju KalraRochester$7K
- Ali KhalifehRochester$5K
- Armin FarazdaghiRochester$4K
- Andrew HoelRochester$3K
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.