Vernon Pugh, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Raleigh, NCNPI 1083683726
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (37.2%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,432 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $148 in 2025.
Across 41 payments — averaging $99.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Abbott$160
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$112
- Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc.$97
- Terumo Medical Corporation$91
- plus $16 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20030%
- Travel & lodging$1,51337%
- Food & beverage$1,35333%
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) | 32 | $2,390 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Abbott | 3 | $160 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $91 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$4,066 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 106 vascular & interventional radiology providers in North Carolina.
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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.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Raleigh
- David SopkoRaleigh$15K
- Jason HarrisRaleigh$12K
- Andrew McBrideRaleigh$3K
- Rachel BraderRaleigh$2K
- Rahul AryaRaleigh$2K
- Peter LeuchtmannRaleigh$2K
- Jamie Doster McIntyreRaleigh$2K
- Gloria SalazarChapel Hill$364K
- Brian KouriWinston Salem$342K
- Ari IsaacsonChapel Hill$290K
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.