Brian Kott, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Tacoma, WANPI 1255344958
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,099 of the $2,599 with a category attached, or 80.8%. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in WA 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 70 payments — averaging $37.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$523
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$500
- Johnson & Johnson$360
- Microvention, Inc.$299
- Medtronic$266
- Penumbra, Inc.$172
- plus $480 from 11 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $1361.30 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.
- Contego Medical, Inc$24K
- Penumbra, Inc.$23K
- Microvention, Inc.$12K
- Stryker$245
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50019%
- Food & beverage$2,09981%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 20 | $523 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $360 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 10 | $299 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $266 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $172 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $140 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Abbott | 3 | $69 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $31 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $19 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $18 |
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.
How this compares
$2,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 772 diagnostic radiology providers in Washington.
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 | 57 | $262 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Tacoma
- Joseph SamTacoma$54K
- David DanielsonTacoma$43K
- Parag RamiTacoma$26K
- Keith ChanTacoma$17K
- Peter OryTacoma$8K
- Dennis WangTacoma$5K
- Lance BeckerTacoma$2K
- Steve ChenSeattle$281K
- Guy JohnsonSeattle$187K
- Eniola OluyemiSeattle$147K
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.