Stephen Kubaska
Vascular Surgery · Anaheim, CANPI 1952481160
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 165 payments — averaging $54.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$298
- Penumbra, Inc.$296
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2703%
- Travel & lodging$320%
- Food & beverage$8,66197%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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. | 29 | $2,467 |
| Medtronic | 30 | $1,323 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,086 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 16 | $1,030 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $298 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $296 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $289 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $258 |
| Abbott | 3 | $221 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $167 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $137 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $133 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $128 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $117 |
| Ziehm-orthoscan, Inc.(2 entities) | 2 | $114 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 3 | $76 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 2 | $73 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $58 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $50 |
| Stryker | 1 | $48 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $38 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| My01 Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Catheter Precision, Inc. FKA Ra Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$990
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$831
- C3 Delivery System$639
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$311
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$285
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$285
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$164
- ROSEN$162
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$160
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$159
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$150
- Indigo$150
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$149
- Indigo System$147
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$145
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$137
- Barostim Neo System$129
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$129
- Cook Medical AAA$114
- Emboshield NAV6 system$103
How this compares
$8,964 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 519 vascular surgery providers in California.
Other vascular surgery in Anaheim
- Venita ChandraPalo Alto$947K
- Leigh Ann ObanionFresno$932K
- Sukgu HanLos Angeles$765K
- Mahmoud Malasla Jolla$508K
- Son DuongFountain Valley$503K
- Leo FongClovis$496K
- Jason LeePalo Alto$403K
- Bernardo Curi MendesLos Angeles$376K
- Trevor DerderianRancho Mirage$359K
- Karthikeshwar KasirajanPalo Alto$349K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.