Benjamin Pettus, PhD
Diagnostic Radiology · Newport News, VANPI 1770596959
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 60 payments — averaging $445.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$27K
- Leica Microsystems Inc.$62
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$29
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,00730%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,97045%
- Travel & lodging$5,54521%
- Food & beverage$1,1864%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 56 | $26,618 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
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.
- Mammomat Revelation$4,834
- Mammomat Inspiration$2,793
- Mammomat B.brilliant$1,995
How this compares
$26,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 881 diagnostic radiology providers in Virginia.
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 Newport News
- Hosam AttayaNewport News$33K
- Ray BeauchampRichmond$1.5M
- Paul ButrosWarrenton$127K
- Ravi KamathFairfax$94K
- Melany AtkinsFairfax$77K
- Luke LancasterCharlottesville$56K
- Colin DerdeynCharlottesville$46K
- Michael HanleyCharlottesville$43K
- Ryan GabrielNorth Chesterfield$41K
- Dmitri SamoilovVirginia Beach$38K
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.