Sagar Gandhi, MD
Vascular Surgery · Greenville, SCNPI 1154587012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 45 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 59.7% 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 1,010 payments — averaging $233.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$141K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$23K
- Imperative Care, Inc$21K
- Endologix LLC$15K
- Cook Medical LLC$9K
- Cook Incorporated$8K
- plus $19K from 39 others
Across 88 payments — averaging $2360.08 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.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$70K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$33K
- Sonavex, Inc.$27K
- Boston Scientific$23K
- Penumbra, Inc.$22K
- Cagent Vascular Inc$18K
- plus $15K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80,67134%
- Speaking & faculty fees$101,33843%
- Travel & lodging$21,8399%
- Food & beverage$31,76213%
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.
- XARELTO$98,702
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$41,261
- PROLENE$33,327
- DERMABOND$33,093
- VISTASEAL$33,093
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$21,933
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$18,029
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$17,433
- ENDOCROSS Device$12,557
- Torus Stent Graft System$12,557
- ETHIBOND EXCEL$8,168
- PDS$8,168
- Zilver PTX$5,758
- Zenith Spiral-Z$2,844
- Indigo System$2,133
- SYMPHONY CATHETER$1,485
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$1,142
- FlowTriever$1,064
- ClotTriever$1,064
- Zenith$863
How this compares
$235,609 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $16,978 |
| Cilostazol | 36 | $517 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 50 | $401 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $81 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $62 |
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 | $140,677 | $16,97825 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 95th percentile of 99 vascular surgery providers in South Carolina.
Other vascular surgery in Greenville
- Joseph BlasGreenville$101K
- John YorkGreenville$42K
- Robert PattonGreenville$25K
- David WilliamsGreenville$18K
- Mark AndroesGreenville$9K
- Christopher CarstenGreenville$8K
- David CullGreenville$8K
- John RossOrangeburg$847K
- David DeatonColumbia$609K
- Mathew WoosterWest Columbia$443K
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.