Andrew Griffin, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Charlotte, NCNPI 1831431725
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,352 of the $7,479 with a category attached, or 71.6%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,973 and has fallen 58.9% since, to $810 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in NC 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 127 payments — averaging $58.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$895
- Penumbra, Inc.$807
- Imperative Care, Inc$291
- Balt USA, LLC$233
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$4877%
- Travel & lodging$3715%
- Food & beverage$5,35272%
- Education$1,27017%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 73 | $2,880 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,270 |
| Stryker | 11 | $895 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $807 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 5 | $291 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $233 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 3 | $232 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $198 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 2 | $123 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $67 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Embotrap$1,004
- Pulsar Vascular PulseRider Aneurysm Neck Reconstruction Device$900
- SPINEJACK$612
- ACTIVA$487
- TRUFILL$400
- Intracept$276
- Smart Coil$156
- Optima Coil System$154
- Penumbra System$153
- React$126
- CLEVIPREX$125
- OPTABLATE$122
- OMNICURVE$122
- ONYX 18$116
- SOLITAIRE X$115
- ARTIS icono biplane$114
- NAEOTOM Alpha$114
- MAGNETOM Sola$114
- Axium$109
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$106
How this compares
$7,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,085 diagnostic radiology providers in North Carolina.
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 diagnostic radiology in Charlotte
- Mark LessneCharlotte$263K
- Eric WangCharlotte$194K
- Jay PattiCharlotte$99K
- Michael MeuseCharlotte$69K
- Casey BohlCharlotte$54K
- Andrew HinesCharlotte$41K
- Maribel UrrutiaCharlotte$37K
- Robert RaibleCharlotte$30K
- Edward KouriCharlotte$8K
- Rendon NelsonDurham$1.4M
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.