Melissa Keller
Vascular Surgery · Sacramento, CANPI 1679923841
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 123 payments — averaging $129.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Cagent Vascular Inc$2K
- VB Spine LLC$1K
- Philips North America LLC$967
- Terumo Medical Corporation$905
- plus $4K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4503%
- Travel & lodging$6,40740%
- Food & beverage$8,80655%
- Education$2742%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 39 | $4,548 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $2,727 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 10 | $1,881 |
| VB Spine LLC | 6 | $1,068 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $967 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 8 | $905 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $771 |
| Endologix LLC | 7 | $593 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 4 | $379 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 5 | $328 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 2 | $301 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $274 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 4 | $230 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $200 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $137 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $114 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $41 |
| Stryker | 2 | $37 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
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.
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$2,312
- Serrantor$1,771
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$1,432
- STRYKER$967
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$965
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$748
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$536
- ENDURANT IIS$460
- Azur CX Detachable$383
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$359
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$268
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$268
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$263
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$260
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$258
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$226
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$194
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$179
- ELUVIA$173
- Penumbra System$166
How this compares
$15,937 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $11,625 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 31 | $371 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 33 | $246 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 31 | $212 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $114 | $11,62520 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 75th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
Other vascular surgery in Sacramento
- Misty HumphriesSacramento$299K
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$947K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$932K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$765K
- Mahmoud Malasla Jolla$508K
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Leo FongClovis$496K
- Jason LeePalo Alto$403K
- Bernardo Curi MendesLos Angeles$376K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
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.