Andrew Blum, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Elmhurst, ILNPI 1629020532
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $70,150 of the $106,234 with a category attached, or 66.0%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 45 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $39,505 and has fallen 86.5% since, to $5,335 in 2025. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in IL 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 494 payments — averaging $215.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$82K
- Stryker$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Philips North America LLC$3K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- plus $11K from 40 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $41,667 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Vasorum USA Inc.$125K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,72010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$70,15066%
- Travel & lodging$11,77711%
- Food & beverage$13,58613%
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.
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.
- XARELTO$80,757
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$2,250
- Zilver PTX$1,317
- Omnilink Elite vascular stent system$963
- (CN3) Zenition 90$785
- CVX-300$750
- RotarexS 6 F x 135 cm$678
- Lasers$674
- Navicross$586
- AZUR$586
- GlideWire$586
- Crosser iQ$550
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$521
- SPINEJACK$498
- OPTABLATE$409
- Rotarex$407
- Palindrome$385
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$311
- Spectranetics Undiv$300
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$263
How this compares
$106,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 197 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $12,178 |
| Cilostazol | 32 | $509 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $165 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $82,275 | $12,17815 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 90th percentile of 197 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Illinois.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Elmhurst
- Riad SalemChicago$2.3M
- Kush DesaiChicago$1M
- Robert LewandowskiChicago$954K
- Christopher MolvarChicago$850K
- Sreekumar MadasseryChicago$459K
- Bulent ArslanChicago$300K
- Paramjit ChopraHinsdale$284K
- Rotimi JohnsonElgin$232K
- Sreenivas ReddyHinsdale$172K
- Sameer AnsariChicago$161K
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.