Samuel Schwartz, MD
Vascular Surgery · Colton, CANPI 1255563334
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,625 of the $9,233 with a category attached, or 71.8%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 54.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,841 and has fallen 94.5% since, to $266 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $108.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Smith+Nephew$322
- Penumbra, Inc.$224
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$120
- plus $212 from 9 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $2017.60 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.
- Endologix LLC$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1632%
- Travel & lodging$6,62572%
- Food & beverage$2,44526%
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) | 28 | $4,989 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,746 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $1,621 |
| Smith+Nephew | 21 | $322 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $120 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Abbott | 2 | $41 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Valiant Navion$3,322
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,511
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,511
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,174
- IN.PACT Admiral$774
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$418
- Indigo$161
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$161
- HawkOne$121
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$120
- PACIFIC XTREME$110
How this compares
$9,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Colton
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$488K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$477K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$469K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
- Johnathon RolloLos Angeles$337K
- Melissa LojaFairfield$272K
- Jason LeePalo Alto$228K
- John LaneSan Diego$212K
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.