Michael Conte, MD
Vascular Surgery · San Francisco, CANPI 1417993247
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.2%. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,389 and has fallen 55.2% since, to $3,755 in 2025.
Across 83 payments — averaging $349.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$7K
- Pfizer$6K
- Abbott$6K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 15 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $6147.85 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.
- Medistim USA, Inc.$47K
- Boston Scientific$17K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,53557%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50015%
- Travel & lodging$2,2398%
- Food & beverage$5,76120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 9 | $6,731 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $5,591 |
| Abbott | 12 | $5,573 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $3,589 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $3,000 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 7 | $1,072 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,013 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $433 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $417 |
| Novartis | 1 | $400 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $186 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $164 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $142 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $120 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $97 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $67 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $40 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $31 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $28 |
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.
- MK-2060$5,650
- XARELTO$3,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,800
- PROCLAIM$1,545
- XIENCE SIERRA$1,000
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$392
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$320
- ENDURANT IIS$310
- Product in Development$290
- Stravix$240
- Supera peripheral stent system$185
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$177
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$174
- C3 Delivery System$174
- IN.PACT Admiral$167
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$165
- ELUVIA$147
- ESPRIT$146
- Indigo System$140
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$137
How this compares
$29,035 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in San Francisco
- John LongSan Francisco$51K
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$488K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$477K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$469K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
- Johnathon RolloLos Angeles$337K
- Melissa LojaFairfield$272K
- Jason LeePalo Alto$228K
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.