Ricardo Rao, MD
Vascular Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1427029362
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,745 of the $7,640 with a category attached, or 62.1%. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Idev Technologies, Inc. at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,165 and has fallen 86.1% since, to $441 in 2025.
Across 128 payments — averaging $59.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Idev Technologies, Inc.$3K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Smith+Nephew$300
- Johnson & Johnson$298
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$218
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$171
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,74562%
- Ownership interest$2,89638%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Idev Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $2,896 |
| Philips North America LLC | 31 | $1,855 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $300 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 14 | $298 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $218 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 8 | $155 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $136 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $123 |
| Koya Medical, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $112 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $101 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 5 | $100 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $95 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $84 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 3 | $81 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $78 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Avantec Vascular Corporation | 1 | $52 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $42 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $34 |
| Vasorum USA Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Nuo Therapeutics | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$7,640 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 92 vascular surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pentoxifylline | 74 | $3,001 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 23 | $1,410 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 83 | $1,048 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 13 | $950 |
| Cefadroxil | 42 | $556 |
| Cilostazol | 16 | $233 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $217 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 22 | $197 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 12 | $136 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 17 | $132 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $124 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $122 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 18 | $109 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Saint Louis
- Jeffrey JimSaint Louis$1.2M
- Brian PetersonSaint Louis$216K
- Luis SanchezSaint Louis$178K
- Catherine WittgenSaint Louis$139K
- John OhmanSaint Louis$113K
- Patrick GeraghtySaint Louis$65K
- Nathan DrozSaint Louis$38K
- Mohamed ZayedSaint Louis$30K
- Vipul KhetarpaulSaint Louis$23K
- Zachary WankenSaint Louis$18K
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.