Chidubem Ugwueze, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Portland, ORNPI 1841714029
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Penumbra, Inc. accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,713 and has fallen 75.4% since, to $667 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in OR 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 26 payments — averaging $140.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$501
- Inari Medical, Inc.$253
- Stryker$157
- Terumo Medical Corporation$146
- Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc.$134
- plus $105 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,55443%
- Food & beverage$2,08957%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $2,347 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $501 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $253 |
| Stryker | 3 | $157 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $146 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $81 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Indigo System$2,329
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$196
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$196
- Azur CX Detachable$146
- TRINAV INFUSION SYSTEM$134
- FlowTriever$121
- OBSIDIO$120
- EKOSONIC$110
How this compares
$3,643 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 354 diagnostic radiology providers in Oregon.
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 Portland
- Alexander GuimaraesPortland$122K
- H LipshutzPortland$79K
- Csanad VarallyayPortland$69K
- Joseph WhetstonePortland$28K
- Raman KansalPortland$16K
- Steven ZinckPortland$15K
- Cristina FussPortland$15K
- Daniel HillmanPortland$14K
- Nadine MallakPortland$12K
- Teodora BochnakovaPortland$10K
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.