Brian Rhodes, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Hickory, NCNPI 1578730115
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,263 of the $5,186 with a category attached, or 62.9%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inari Medical, Inc. at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,523 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $146 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 84 payments — averaging $61.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$1K
- GE HealthCare$651
- Boston Scientific$646
- Medtronic$282
- Terumo Medical Corporation$146
- plus $218 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$75014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$291%
- Travel & lodging$1,14422%
- Food & beverage$3,26363%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 15 | $1,912 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 14 | $1,331 |
| GE HealthCare | 4 | $651 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $646 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 8 | $282 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 8 | $146 |
| Abbott | 2 | $42 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $37 |
| BD | 1 | $29 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,581
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,581
- Artis Q$959
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$111
- SPYGLASS$111
How this compares
$5,186 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisone | 11 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Hickory
- Richard PearceHickory$9K
- Morgan EckerdHickory$7K
- Rendon NelsonDurham$1.4M
- Daniele MarinDurham$674K
- Joseph MammarappallilDurham$640K
- Mark LessneCharlotte$263K
- Brandon HowardDurham$237K
- Eric WangCharlotte$194K
- Rajan GuptaDurham$183K
- Sten SolanderChapel Hill$155K
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.