Varoujan Kostanian, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Henderson, NVNPI 1861417792
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 44.9% of the total.
Across 118 payments — averaging $84.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Stryker$944
- Microvention, Inc.$581
- Johnson & Johnson$279
- Imperative Care, Inc$213
- plus $421 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,28043%
- Food & beverage$5,65957%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 29 | $4,464 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 46 | $3,038 |
| Stryker | 14 | $944 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 9 | $581 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $279 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $213 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Phenox Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $17 |
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 System$2,682
- Pipeline$2,115
- STENT$583
- RED 72$404
- Benchmark$376
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$369
- Penumbra Coil 400$365
- TARGET$270
- Intracept$226
- Chaperon Guiding Catheter$215
- ERIC RETRIEVAL DEVICE$215
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$165
- SURPASS EVOLVE$152
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$133
- Solitaire$112
How this compares
$9,939 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 33 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Nevada.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 27 | $10,588 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 54 | $476 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 13 | $417 |
| Cilostazol | 19 | $350 |
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $23 | $10,58827 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 65th percentile of 33 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Nevada.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Henderson
- Nadeer PiraniLas Vegas$318K
- Brian EvansReno$122K
- Samir HadiLas Vegas$115K
- Mohammed HoqueLas Vegas$78K
- Brandon RepkoLas Vegas$28K
- Ryan RimerLas Vegas$25K
- Waqaar AhmadReno$24K
- Alexander KiegerLas Vegas$14K
- Kamel El SalekLas Vegas$12K
- Amin MoshksarLas Vegas$11K
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.