Creed Rucker, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Tucson, AZNPI 1760428312
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,102 of the $4,295 with a category attached, or 72.2%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.9% of the total. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in AZ 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 $51.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$683
- Penumbra, Inc.$590
- Stryker$546
- Imperative Care, Inc$373
- Microvention, Inc.$237
- plus $153 from 5 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1669.50 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,19228%
- Food & beverage$3,10272%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $1,712 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $683 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $590 |
| Stryker | 15 | $546 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 8 | $373 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 3 | $237 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $42 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SOLITAIRE X$930
- Pipeline$361
- RED 72$161
- ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER$141
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$130
- FlowTriever$130
- VENACORE THROMBECTOMY CATHETER$130
- REVCORE THROMBECTOMY CATHETER$130
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$128
- SURPASS EVOLVE$125
- Benchmark$125
- Penumbra Coil 400$113
- WEB$107
- Sofia$107
How this compares
$4,295 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 676 diagnostic radiology providers in Arizona.
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 Tucson
- Kristina DouglasTucson$294K
- Jeffrey BennettTucson$143K
- Matthew KayTucson$77K
- Geoffrey RubinTucson$47K
- Bital Savir-BaruchTucson$36K
- Matthew VanascoTucson$7K
- Julie ZaettaTucson$6K
- Sarah PlacekTucson$5K
- Boyd AshdownTucson$4K
- Zachary FitzgeraldTucson$4K
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.