Nicholas Swerdlow, MD
Vascular Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1639597263
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (31.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cook Incorporated at 36.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,398, more than ten times the $130 reported in 2019.
Across 150 payments — averaging $222.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Incorporated$12K
- Atrium Medical Corporation$6K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$4K
- Cook Medical LLC$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 9 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $9411.45 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.
- Shape Memory Medical Inc.$56K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,89518%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,62032%
- Grants$1,1523%
- Travel & lodging$5,21016%
- Food & beverage$10,44731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Incorporated | 7 | $12,255 |
| Atrium Medical Corporation | 5 | $6,057 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 28 | $3,711 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 37 | $3,068 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 31 | $2,954 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 6 | $1,651 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $1,448 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 6 | $734 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $373 |
| Endologix LLC | 5 | $352 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $309 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $204 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $47 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $33 |
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.
- Zilver PTX$7,059
- iCAST$5,895
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$3,793
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$3,271
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,651
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,651
- Cook$977
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$638
- IMPEDE EMBOLIZATION PLUG$596
- Valiant Captivia$557
- NA$500
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$460
- Zenith Alpha$455
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$451
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$435
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$392
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$321
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$321
- Zenith$309
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$176
How this compares
$33,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 142 vascular surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Boston
- Thomas OdonnellBoston$845K
- Anahita DuaBoston$186K
- Marc SchermerhornBoston$71K
- Edwin GravereauxBoston$61K
- Christopher KwolekBoston$55K
- Shivani KumarBoston$45K
- Richard CambriaBoston$43K
- Payam SalehiBoston$40K
- Mohamad HussainBoston$24K
- Stephanie TalutisBoston$22K
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.