Sapan Desai
Vascular Surgery · Arlington Heights, ILNPI 1700088234
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $867,450 of the $1,171,155 with a category attached, or 74.1%. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among vascular surgery clinicians in IL 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 132 payments — averaging $8872.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1.2M
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$385
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$138
- Cook Medical LLC$87
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$77
- plus $300 from 9 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $82,100 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.
- Boston Scientific$411K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$287,15025%
- Speaking & faculty fees$867,45074%
- Travel & lodging$12,8031%
- Food & beverage$3,7520%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 85 | $1,164,529 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $5,639 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 5 | $385 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $87 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 6 | $77 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $50 |
| Abbott | 1 | $49 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| TEI Biosciences Inc | 1 | $28 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| EKOS Corporation | 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.
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$885,398
- Product in Development$255,295
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$19,291
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$4,322
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$2,851
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$884
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin Bioactive Surface$468
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$324
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$264
- VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis w/$130
- ANASTOCLIP$116
How this compares
$1,171,155 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 vascular surgery providers in Illinois.
Other vascular surgery in Arlington Heights
- Nader TehraniArlington Heights$10K
- Ross MilnerChicago$1.3M
- Nabeel RanaPeoria$934K
- Atif BaqaiPark Ridge$567K
- Trissa BabrowskiChicago$292K
- Tejas ShahDowners Grove$213K
- Carlos BecharaMaywood$199K
- Dhiren PatelSpringfield$121K
- Heron RodriguezChicago$105K
- Michael SoultMaywood$104K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.