Varun Naragum, MD
Neuroradiology · Springfield, MANPI 1457628786
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Microvention, Inc. accounts for 94.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $46,615 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $7,420 in 2025.
Across 148 payments — averaging $508.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Microvention, Inc.$71K
- Balt USA, LLC$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$572
- Imperative Care, Inc$233
- Penumbra, Inc.$198
- plus $215 from 2 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $11,200 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Microvention, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,90020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$43,36358%
- Travel & lodging$12,75017%
- Food & beverage$4,2546%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microvention, Inc. | 107 | $71,146 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 7 | $1,806 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $1,098 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $572 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 3 | $233 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $198 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $114 |
| Stryker | 1 | $101 |
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.
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$69,428
- Optima Coil System$3,440
- LVIS JUNIOR$2,477
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$1,383
- TUBING KIT - STROKE$1,383
- STENT$1,303
- PHIL$1,161
- Pipeline$324
- Solitaire$273
- Embotrap$247
- SOLITAIRE X$165
- Penumbra Coil 400$155
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$147
- Cook Medical Drainage$102
- TREVO$101
How this compares
$75,266 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 35 neuroradiology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 75 | $1,553 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neuroradiology in Springfield
- Jason PortSpringfield$20
- Alma SorensenBoston$974K
- Joshua HirschBoston$651K
- Ajit PuriWorcester$422K
- Jonathan KleefieldBoston$213K
- Osamu SakaiBoston$84K
- Alexander NorbashBoston$77K
- Emanuele Orru'Burlington$24K
- Mark MasciocchiWorcester$18K
- Michael LevBoston$17K
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.