Nilesh Patel, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Myrtle Beach, SCNPI 1467400580
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $185,910 of the $201,240 with a category attached, or 92.4%. Argon Medical Devices, Inc. accounts for 92.6% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $186,323 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $2,393 in 2025. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in SC 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 87 payments — averaging $2313.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$186K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$9K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$908
- Medtronic$857
- Terumo Medical Corporation$392
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4000.00 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.
- Medtronic$4K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$185,91092%
- Consulting fees$4,6002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3500%
- Travel & lodging$4,0942%
- Food & beverage$6,2863%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 6 | $186,357 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 30 | $8,957 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $2,045 |
| Stryker | 6 | $908 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $857 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $392 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $383 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $377 |
| Abbott | 3 | $266 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $208 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $120 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Catheter Precision, Inc. FKA Ra Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $43 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- TLAB$185,910
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$8,871
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$8,871
- Indigo System$2,045
- GlideWire$350
- Abre$344
- Clot Management$313
- AMPLATZER AMULET$150
- IN.PACT Admiral$139
- FATHOM -16$132
- Artis Q$132
- syngo X Workplace$132
- VIATORR Endoprosthesis$130
- MVP$126
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$119
- Zilver Vena$107
How this compares
$201,240 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 61 vascular & interventional radiology providers in South Carolina.
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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 & interventional radiology in Myrtle Beach
- Christian SalinasMyrtle Beach$7K
- Jesse MartinMyrtle Beach$3K
- Marcelo GuimaraesCharleston$609K
- Aron DevaneGreenville$112K
- Ricardo YamadaCharleston$73K
- Claudio SchonholzCharleston$53K
- Antony GayedGreenville$37K
- Chauncy HandranGreenville$23K
- Richard GrinsteadFlorence$23K
- Jonathan HinshelwoodGreenville$23K
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.