Rodolfo Pigalarga, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Arlington, VANPI 1437351236
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $15,000 of the $23,959 with a category attached, or 62.6%. THD America, Inc. accounts for 80.6% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,178, more than ten times the $1,072 reported in 2019. Among colon & rectal surgery clinicians in VA 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 75 payments — averaging $319.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- THD America, Inc.$19K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medtronic$808
- BD$758
- Intuitive Surgical$638
- AbbVie$386
- plus $592 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7583%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,12813%
- Grants$15,00063%
- Travel & lodging$7823%
- Food & beverage$3,93216%
- Education$3591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| THD America, Inc. | 17 | $19,318 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $1,457 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $808 |
| BD | 1 | $758 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $638 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $386 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $82 |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 1 | $67 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $52 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $42 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Novum Pharma, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
- Signia$536
- Harmonic$382
- Echelon Flex$382
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$368
- STRATAFIX$366
- Da Vinci Surgical System$359
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$283
- Enseal$276
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$251
- Echelon Circular$242
- Enseal X1$232
- VISTASEAL$217
- PHASIX$147
- EVARREST$118
- Echelon Powered Circular$110
- ETHICON$106
How this compares
$23,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 46 colon & rectal surgery providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 43 | $2,698 |
| Metronidazole | 21 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Arlington
- Craig RezacArlington$33K
- Andrew VorenbergRichmond$560K
- Kimberly MatzieFairfax$28K
- Gregory FitzharrisHampton$22K
- Ayana Chase-GreavesFredericksburg$11K
- Linda FarkasChesapeake$11K
- Emily RivetRichmond$5K
- Jaime BohlRichmond$5K
- Zachary GreggCharlottesville$5K
- Carlos Glanville MirandaSuffolk$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.