Venkat Kalapatapu, MD
Vascular Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1174623060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.2%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Endologix LLC at 52.9% of the total. Among vascular surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 216 payments — averaging $143.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endologix LLC$16K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Novartis$3K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Cook Medical LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $2403.15 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.
- Endologix LLC$21K
- Bolton Medical Inc$20K
- Veryan Medical Incorporated$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,65047%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00013%
- Travel & lodging$6732%
- Food & beverage$11,55237%
- Education$1330%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endologix LLC | 94 | $16,411 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $4,745 |
| Novartis | 3 | $3,215 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 25 | $1,935 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 13 | $1,577 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 34 | $1,496 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $270 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 10 | $259 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $217 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $167 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $167 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $143 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $86 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $56 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- AFX$6,216
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$5,392
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$4,117
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$2,700
- Ovation$2,066
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,675
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$1,319
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$902
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$758
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$758
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$617
- Torus Stent Graft System$311
- ENDOCROSS Device$311
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$300
- BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System$270
- GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft$190
- AFX2$180
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$155
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$143
- Relay Plus$141
How this compares
$31,007 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 236 vascular surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 22 | $380 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 35 | $374 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular surgery in Philadelphia
- Darren SchneiderPhiladelphia$569K
- Elizabeth GenovesePhiladelphia$343K
- Shang LohPhiladelphia$306K
- Edward WooPhiladelphia$58K
- Babak AbaiPhiladelphia$37K
- Ann GaffeyPhiladelphia$35K
- Roberto AruPhiladelphia$30K
- Alexander FairmanPhiladelphia$23K
- Nakul RaoPhiladelphia$22K
- Douglas TroutmanPhiladelphia$22K
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.