Device Vascular/Oncology

Lifestar Biliary Stent

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Lifestar Biliary Stent. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$276associated payments (2023-2025)
13clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $95.18
2024 $35.12
2025 $146

Payments reported as associated with Lifestar Biliary Stent, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $124
Vascular Surgery $65.42
Vascular & Interventional Radiology $44.16
Interventional Cardiology $21.40
Physician Assistant $14.42
Cardiovascular Disease $6.96

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Lifestar Biliary Stent

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Lifestar Biliary Stent. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Ryan Evans Roanoke, VA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $51.03
Shahram Ahmadzadeh Roanoke, VA Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $51.02
Katherine Brown Omaha, NE Vascular Surgery $23.98
Karn Gupta Raleigh, NC Nephrology (Internal Medicine) $21.63
Vinod Chainani Miami, FL Interventional Cardiology $21.40
Paul Gagne Darien, CT Vascular Surgery $15.99
Daniel Simon New Brunswick, NJ Vascular & Interventional Radiology $15.33
Lani Thomas Murfreesboro, TN Vascular & Interventional Radiology $14.42
Jeffrey Kelley Murfreesboro, TN Physician Assistant $14.42
Bruce Bell Chicago, IL Vascular & Interventional Radiology $14.41

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.