Nima Golchin, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Ames, IANPI 1063859981
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,471 of the $8,487 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,554 and has fallen 87.0% since, to $462 in 2025.
Across 97 payments — averaging $87.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$914
- Terumo Medical Corporation$741
- Boston Scientific$706
- Penumbra, Inc.$387
- plus $728 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,47164%
- Food & beverage$2,92834%
- Education$881%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 21 | $2,583 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 12 | $2,428 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 12 | $914 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 7 | $741 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $706 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $387 |
| Stryker | 5 | $351 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $185 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $10 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$2,313
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$2,313
- HawkOne$1,355
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$779
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$394
- SPINEJACK$287
- Indigo$257
- Penumbra System$134
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$123
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$121
- Navicross$119
- TR Band$119
- Glidesheath$119
- GlideWire$119
- Cook Medical Zilver PTX$105
How this compares
$8,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 34 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Iowa.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $135 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 14 | $85 |
| Cilostazol | 13 | $78 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $61 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Ames
- Edgar SamaniegoIowa City$650K
- Santiago Ortega GutierrezIowa City$628K
- David LaceyClive$52K
- Sandeep LaroiaIowa City$24K
- Douglas PowellIowa City$16K
- Gustavo AndradeIowa City$13K
- Alan McDanielDes Moines$7K
- Chad DavisIowa City$6K
- Ryan CookDes Moines$5K
- Olaf KaufmanClive$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.