Ravi Veeraswamy, MD
Vascular Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1225068471
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (52.2%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.8% of the total. Among vascular surgery 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 504 payments — averaging $325.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$57K
- Cook Incorporated$49K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$21K
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$9K
- Cook Medical LLC$7K
- plus $11K from 16 others
Across 51 payments — averaging $2365.11 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$64K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$23K
- Boston Scientific$20K
- Cook Research Incorporated$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$36,79322%
- Speaking & faculty fees$85,78352%
- Travel & lodging$21,77013%
- Food & beverage$19,85612%
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(2 entities) | 107 | $57,140 |
| Cook Incorporated | 11 | $48,695 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 97 | $20,667 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $10,197 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 22 | $8,802 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 205 | $7,223 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $6,014 |
| Corindus Inc. | 11 | $1,545 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 11 | $863 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $600 |
| Cook Research Incorporated | 1 | $509 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 6 | $506 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $292 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $249 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 3 | $178 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $156 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $124 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $88 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $67 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
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.
- Cook$24,543
- ENDURANT IIS$15,847
- Valiant Navion$11,621
- Cook Medical AFEN$10,349
- Endurant$8,781
- Artis Q$7,182
- Valiant Captivia$6,168
- Cardiva VASCADE 5F VCS$6,014
- CARDIVA VASCADE MVP XL VVCS 10-12F$6,014
- Cardiva VASCADE MVP VVCS 6-12F$6,014
- Cardiva VASCADE 6/7F VCS$6,014
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$5,541
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$5,498
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$5,440
- Cook Medical Zenith$4,621
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$4,375
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$4,194
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$4,080
- GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$3,705
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$3,422
How this compares
$164,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 99 vascular surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 Charleston
- Kristian HochbergCharleston$106K
- Zachary ArthursCharleston$84K
- Jean Marie RuddyCharleston$54K
- Adam KeeferCharleston$32K
- Richard ShiCharleston$20K
- Matthew AndersonCharleston$18K
- Tru DangCharleston$17K
- Adam TaniousCharleston$16K
- Sean HislopCharleston$15K
- John GedneyCharleston$12K
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.