Sandeep Rao, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1992905095
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (43.9%), other and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,846 and has fallen 88.3% since, to $1,627 in 2025.
Across 92 payments — averaging $309.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$10K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$1K
- Nevro Corp.$975
- Penumbra, Inc.$284
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$12,49744%
- Travel & lodging$1,5736%
- Food & beverage$4,40815%
- Other$10,00035%
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) | 8 | $13,067 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 11 | $10,499 |
| Globus Medical | 15 | $1,489 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 9 | $1,131 |
| Nevro Corp. | 19 | $975 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $284 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $247 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $150 |
| Stryker | 1 | $133 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $108 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $68 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $55 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| BD | 2 | $34 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Tactile Systems Technology 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.
- VenaSeal$12,926
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$10,323
- Senza$1,866
- Navicross$442
- Glidesheath$442
- GlideWire$442
- Penumbra System$138
- IVS - AUTOPLEX SYSTEM$133
- Savi SCOUT$108
- SAVI BRACHY$108
- Varian CRYOCARE TOUCH System$107
How this compares
$28,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 80 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Arizona.
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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 | $25,504 |
| Methylprednisolone | 116 | $982 |
| Ibuprofen | 107 | $371 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 45 | $284 |
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 | $55 | $25,50425 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 85th percentile of 80 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Arizona.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Phoenix
- Kamalani HanamaikaiPhoenix$205K
- Grace KnuttinenPhoenix$13K
- Patricia ThorpePhoenix$13K
- Trent DavisPhoenix$12K
- Douglas LewisPhoenix$11K
- Ankit ShahPhoenix$8K
- Sudhen DesaiPhoenix$8K
- Ryan ScottPhoenix$8K
- Santiago CornejoPhoenix$7K
- Sailendra NaiduPhoenix$7K
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.