Bret Wiechmann, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Gainesville, FLNPI 1659321248
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $812,668 of the $1,339,609 with a category attached, or 60.7%. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Veryan Medical Incorporated at 58.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $503,576, 7.6 times the $66,576 reported in 2019. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in FL 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 806 payments — averaging $1662.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Veryan Medical Incorporated$786K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$184K
- Boston Scientific$98K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$92K
- Penumbra, Inc.$76K
- Medtronic$38K
- plus $66K from 35 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $3075.70 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$37K
- Bayer$16K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$9K
- Cordis Corporation$5K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$24,2792%
- Consulting fees$812,66861%
- Speaking & faculty fees$91,2167%
- Travel & lodging$209,08516%
- Food & beverage$31,0492%
- Education$51,3124%
- Other$120,0009%
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.
- BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System$780,776
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$152,234
- Indigo System$64,585
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$24,403
- VenaSeal$24,279
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$21,095
- Auryon$11,667
- IN.PACT Admiral$10,067
- Diamondback Peripheral$9,681
- RUBY Coil$9,642
- EVLT$9,600
- ELUVIA$9,140
- Diamondback Coronary$7,020
- JETSTREAM SC$5,400
- MYNX CONTROL VENOUS$5,111
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$4,900
- AngioVac$4,770
- ANGIOJET$4,625
- ESPRIT$3,850
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$3,000
How this compares
$1,339,609 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 329 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 65 | $625 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Gainesville
- Robert HeithausGainesville$152K
- Ripal GandhiMiami$2.5M
- Michael CohnHollywood$1.3M
- George OliveiraMiami$666K
- Fakhir ElmasriLakeland$563K
- Shaun PatelCoral Gables$458K
- Justin LeeTampa$408K
- Timothy YatesMiami Beach$392K
- Rishi RazdanJacksonville$378K
- Govindarajan NarayananMiami$343K
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.