S Christopher Frontario, DO
Vascular Surgery · Stratford, NJNPI 1427407204
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,627 of the $11,597 with a category attached, or 83.0%. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 28.4% of the total.
Across 183 payments — averaging $63.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$790
- Cook Medical LLC$765
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$657
- Stryker$538
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,44712%
- Food & beverage$9,62783%
- Education$5235%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 46 | $3,293 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 29 | $2,171 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 13 | $790 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 15 | $765 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $657 |
| Stryker | 8 | $538 |
| Endologix LLC | 6 | $506 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $357 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $281 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $273 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $220 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $219 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 5 | $206 |
| Abbott | 2 | $169 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $130 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $106 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $83 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 4 | $78 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $72 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Limflow Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Flowphysix Inc | 1 | $19 |
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.
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$1,085
- TurboHawk$807
- HawkOne$760
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$469
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$469
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$366
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$366
- ENDOCROSS Device$342
- Torus Stent Graft System$342
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$335
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$264
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$255
- ENDURANT IIS$172
- Cook Celect$157
- Zenith Spiral-Z$155
- Barostim Neo System$149
- Flexitouch Plus$148
- Entre Plus$148
- ESPRIT$146
- ACTHAR$146
How this compares
$11,597 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 182 vascular surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 | 59 | $44,606 |
| EliquisApixaban | 11 | $7,564 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Stratford
- Steven EliasEnglewood$509K
- Michael WildermanHackensack$383K
- David O'ConnorHackensack$272K
- Joseph LombardiPomona$266K
- William BeckermanNew Brunswick$176K
- Neil PoulsenRockaway$148K
- Massimo NapolitanoWayne$147K
- Laurel HastingsCamden$98K
- Danielle PinedaPomona$97K
- Saum RahimiNew Brunswick$90K
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.