Eric Lopez del Valle, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Clearwater, FLNPI 1265423297
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (44.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. at 45.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,166 and has fallen 89.9% since, to $1,129 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in FL 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 166 payments — averaging $135.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$10K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$8K
- Imperative Care, Inc$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$845
- Medtronic$737
- Penumbra, Inc.$599
- plus $1K from 11 others
Across 33 payments — averaging $785.45 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.
- Penumbra, Inc.$24K
- Stryker$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,60029%
- Travel & lodging$10,03945%
- Food & beverage$5,86026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 19 | $10,269 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 6 | $7,744 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 60 | $1,051 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 31 | $845 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $737 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $599 |
| Stryker | 10 | $550 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 5 | $372 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Artis Q$9,598
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$7,717
- COMANECI 17$7,717
- Penumbra System$452
- TREVO$396
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$351
- Artis icono$328
- CATALYST$268
- INFINITY$162
- STENT$149
- RED 72$147
- WEB$144
- LVIS$144
- HydroFrame Coil$144
- HydroSoft 3D Coil$144
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$139
- SURPASS EVOLVE$129
- Zilver PTX$113
- TracStarLargeDistalPlatform$111
- Zoom88LargeDistalPlatform$111
How this compares
$22,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,215 diagnostic radiology providers in Florida.
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 | 59 | $357 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $117 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Clearwater
- Yair SafrielClearwater$660K
- Clifford RaymondClearwater$17K
- Constantino PenaMiami$586K
- Justin WhisenantSt Petersburg$503K
- Michael YuzFort Lauderdale$398K
- Barry KatzenMiami$313K
- Andrew NiekampMiami$250K
- Homer HattenVero Beach$195K
- Mario ZaritzkyPlantation$154K
- Joanne WernickiVero Beach$153K
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.