Rao Gutta, MD
Vascular Surgery · Omaha, NENPI 1811936792
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 42 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,514 and has fallen 71.8% since, to $2,405 in 2025.
Across 280 payments — averaging $73.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$8K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Endologix LLC$503
- plus $3K from 36 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $1007.89 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.
- Boston Scientific$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,25030%
- Travel & lodging$5,04024%
- Food & beverage$9,42445%
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.
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,645
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,433
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$1,311
- Artis pheno$1,192
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$984
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$861
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$566
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$399
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$399
- Torus Stent Graft System$363
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$318
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$212
- ELIQUIS$161
- COVERA$153
- HawkOne$150
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$140
- ENDOCROSS Device$126
How this compares
$20,714 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 35 vascular surgery providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $14,831 |
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $10,228 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 168 | $984 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $176 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $178 | $14,83114 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 35 vascular surgery providers in Nebraska.
Other vascular surgery in Omaha
- John ParkOmaha$508K
- David VogelOmaha$41K
- Marcus BaltersOmaha$27K
- Anjan TalukdarOmaha$25K
- Iraklis PipinosOmaha$24K
- Tammy RamosOmaha$10K
- Yue GaoOmaha$9K
- Jason CookOmaha$7K
- Katherine BrownOmaha$6K
- Jonathan ThompsonOmaha$5K
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.