Tony Shao, MD
Vascular Surgery · Miami, FLNPI 1891138608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (51.8%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,559, more than ten times the $923 reported in 2020.
Across 263 payments — averaging $141.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$17K
- Penumbra, Inc.$5K
- Stryker$3K
- Cook Incorporated$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- plus $8K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5304%
- Travel & lodging$19,28052%
- Food & beverage$16,40644%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 91 | $16,905 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 27 | $5,112 |
| Stryker | 17 | $3,070 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $1,530 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 12 | $1,314 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,258 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 13 | $1,210 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 6 | $979 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 12 | $932 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $736 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $534 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 3 | $491 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $431 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $420 |
| Endologix LLC | 4 | $371 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 7 | $310 |
| BD | 2 | $242 |
| Abbott | 4 | $201 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $146 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $131 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $92 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 3 | $89 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $72 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $61 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $37 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $26 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Bsn Medical Inc | 1 | $20 |
| DJO, LLC | 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.
- ENDURANT IIS$12,654
- Indigo System$4,535
- MONTEREY AL$2,448
- ICAST COVERED STENT SYSTEM, 6MMX22MMX120CM$1,530
- Barostim Neo System$1,032
- INTEGRA$978
- Abre$976
- LAVA LES (Liquid Embolic System)$899
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$786
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$660
- HawkOne$550
- PRIMATRIX$467
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$467
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$459
- Valiant Captivia$376
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$341
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$302
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$273
- Indigo$260
- Vascular Lithotripsy$248
How this compares
$37,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 385 vascular surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 13 | $8,742 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $112 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Miami
- Juan Fleites VazquezMiami$89K
- Samuel TapperStuart$1.3M
- Mariano ArosemenaBradenton$472K
- Manuel Perez IzquierdoOrlando$302K
- Erin MooreJacksonville$300K
- Rajesh MalikNaples$237K
- Charles BaileyTampa$162K
- Joseph WasselleMelbourne$161K
- Joseph RicottaDelray Beach$156K
- Murray ShamesTampa$144K
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.