Rajesh Kakarla, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Rockford, ILNPI 1609026467
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (55.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Penumbra, Inc. accounts for 78.3% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 307 payments — averaging $323.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$78K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$5K
- Abbott$4K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- plus $6K from 24 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $3920.00 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.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4130%
- Speaking & faculty fees$54,92555%
- Travel & lodging$27,82328%
- Food & beverage$16,05516%
- Education$2150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 119 | $77,846 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 30 | $5,162 |
| Abbott | 36 | $4,410 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $2,377 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,801 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,498 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 3 | $1,129 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $964 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $850 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 16 | $526 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $526 |
| BD | 1 | $525 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $413 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $275 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $234 |
| EKOS Corporation | 5 | $179 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $159 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 3 | $152 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 2 | $97 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $56 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Mozarc Medical US LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $23 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $20 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Indigo System$68,051
- RUBY Coil$7,770
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$5,468
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$3,772
- IGT D Peripheral$2,074
- OMNILINK ELITE$1,503
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$1,493
- CLEANER$1,000
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$858
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$856
- NEUWAVE Flex Microwave Ablation System$720
- DERMABOND Portfolio$720
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$720
- WATCHMAN Access System$359
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$262
- Supera peripheral stent system$252
- XARELTO$242
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$219
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$215
- RotarexS 6 F x 135 cm$147
How this compares
$99,431 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 197 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Illinois.
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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 | 45 | $608 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Rockford
- Riad SalemChicago$2.3M
- Kush DesaiChicago$1M
- Robert LewandowskiChicago$954K
- Christopher MolvarChicago$850K
- Sreekumar MadasseryChicago$459K
- Bulent ArslanChicago$300K
- Paramjit ChopraHinsdale$284K
- Rotimi JohnsonElgin$232K
- Sreenivas ReddyHinsdale$172K
- Sameer AnsariChicago$161K
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.