Taras Kucher, MD
Vascular Surgery · Darien, CTNPI 1942210851
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $31,544 of the $38,368 with a category attached, or 82.2%. Angiodynamics, Inc. accounts for 82.7% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 212 payments — averaging $180.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$32K
- Medtronic$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$765
- Johnson & Johnson$750
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$518
- Abbott$337
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$440%
- Travel & lodging$9532%
- Food & beverage$5,82615%
- Other$31,54482%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 10 | $31,733 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 32 | $1,978 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 14 | $765 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 40 | $750 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 37 | $518 |
| Abbott | 4 | $337 |
| Endologix LLC | 6 | $308 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $260 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $257 |
| Stryker | 5 | $172 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $169 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $158 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $122 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 3 | $120 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $99 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $59 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $51 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $26 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 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.
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$31,544
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$794
- ENDURANT IIS$581
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$298
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$298
- ESPRIT$285
- Crosser iQ$152
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$102
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$102
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$102
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$102
How this compares
$38,368 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 82 vascular surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 48 | $33,473 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $16,148 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 62 | $975 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $18 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $257 | $33,47348 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $750 | $16,14831 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 75th percentile of 82 vascular surgery providers in Connecticut.
Other vascular surgery in Darien
- Paul GagneDarien$766K
- Jonathan BowmanDarien$53K
- Timothy ManoniDarien$46K
- Ben MarsanDarien$36K
- Chong LiDarien$13K
- Benjamin ChandlerDarien$8K
- Andrew LazarDarien$4K
- Uwe FischerNew London$941K
- Naiem NassiriNew Haven$348K
- Lee GoldsteinStratford$272K
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.