Elias Melhem, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1932145984
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,762 of the $4,023 with a category attached, or 68.7%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,216 and has fallen 61.2% since, to $859 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in MD 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 28 payments — averaging $143.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.$2K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$1K
- United Imaging Healthcare North America, Inc.$525
- Heartflow, Inc.$137
- Bayer Healthcare LLC$128
Across 1 payment — averaging $51,700 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.
- Insightec,ltd$52K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,26131%
- Food & beverage$2,76269%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 11 | $2,153 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 14 | $1,082 |
| United Imaging Healthcare North America, Inc. | 1 | $525 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Bayer Healthcare LLC | 1 | $128 |
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.
- N/A$525
- MAGNETOM Vida 3T$343
- Canon PET/CT Scanner$207
- CT SCANNER$198
- FFRct$137
- Gadavist$128
- SOMATOM Force$107
How this compares
$4,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 674 diagnostic radiology providers in Maryland.
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 Baltimore
- Eliot SiegelBaltimore$702K
- Florence DooBaltimore$147K
- Doris LinBaltimore$127K
- Atif ZaheerBaltimore$115K
- Charles WhiteBaltimore$93K
- Neal HalseyBaltimore$67K
- Clifford WeissBaltimore$64K
- Sheila ShethBaltimore$61K
- Elliot FishmanBaltimore$55K
- Karen HortonBaltimore$47K
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.