Sara Zettervall, MD
Vascular Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1710270152
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $81,580 of the $125,757 with a category attached, or 64.9%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 57.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $58,892, more than ten times the $2,093 reported in 2019. Among vascular surgery clinicians in WA 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 210 payments — averaging $598.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$73K
- Cook Incorporated$28K
- Bolton Medical Inc$12K
- Medtronic$6K
- Cook Medical LLC$4K
- Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated$2K
- plus $2K from 5 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $5558.33 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.
- Cook Research Incorporated$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$81,58065%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,10810%
- Grants$2,7222%
- Travel & lodging$18,31715%
- Food & beverage$8,8147%
- Education$2,2162%
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. | 103 | $72,652 |
| Cook Incorporated | 19 | $27,734 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 24 | $12,335 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $6,219 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 41 | $3,753 |
| Wilson Cook Medical Incorporated | 1 | $1,530 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $1,101 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Abbott | 1 | $87 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $82 |
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 TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$28,623
- Product in Development$28,301
- Zenith Alpha$23,387
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$22,698
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$9,263
- C3 Delivery System$7,630
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$7,045
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$6,444
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$4,007
- Grafts$2,849
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$2,590
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$2,147
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$1,958
- Zenith Spiral-Z$1,702
- Endurant$1,609
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,242
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,006
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$876
- GORE Embolic Filter$570
- Zenith$429
How this compares
$125,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 111 vascular surgery providers in Washington.
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.
Other vascular surgery in Seattle
- Paul HayesSeattle$83K
- Elina QuirogaSeattle$69K
- Mark MeissnerSeattle$43K
- Niten SinghSeattle$33K
- Matthew SweetSeattle$28K
- Matthew BennettSeattle$23K
- Saideep BoseSeattle$18K
- Jake HemingwaySeattle$15K
- Jose TraniSeattle$13K
- Nam TranSeattle$10K
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.