Steven Posner, MD
Vascular Surgery · Bellflower, CANPI 1083684872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 46 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for vascular surgery clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $3,945.
Across 46 payments — averaging $31.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$279
- Johnson & Johnson$181
- Smith+Nephew$131
- Penumbra, Inc.$130
- Pfizer$105
- Medtronic$94
- plus $517 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,436100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $279 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $181 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $131 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $94 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $93 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $31 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$130
- Indigo$130
How this compares
$1,436 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 117 | $110 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 38 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Bellflower
- 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.