Ezana Azene, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · la Crosse, WINPI 1073715975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (36.7%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 35.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,411, more than ten times the $204 reported in 2019.
Across 49 payments — averaging $255.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$4K
- Stryker$3K
- Endovascular Engineering Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$584
- Boston Scientific$295
- plus $1K from 4 others
Across 145 payments — averaging $1043.01 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.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$131K
- Medtronic$9K
- Endovascular Engineering Inc.$9K
- Biocompatibles UK Ltd$2K
- Boston Scientific$900
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8757%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,56521%
- Travel & lodging$4,58237%
- Food & beverage$3,11125%
- Education$1,36511%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $4,455 |
| Stryker | 10 | $2,630 |
| Endovascular Engineering Inc. | 3 | $2,407 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $1,080 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 7 | $584 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $295 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $294 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 2 | $282 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Mediview XR, Inc. | 2 | $234 |
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.
- Helo Thrombectomy System$2,407
- mild Device Kit$2,275
- OPTABLATE$1,825
- EPIQ 7G$1,490
- (5044) MCOT$1,365
- (7881) Ultrasound Und$1,200
- Intracept$622
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$557
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$557
- LAVA LES (Liquid Embolic System)$251
- SPINEJACK$163
- (9688) EPIQ Elite G$149
- MO.MA ULTRA$135
- ARTIX MT$105
How this compares
$12,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 99 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Wisconsin.
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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 vascular & interventional radiology in la Crosse
- Patrick Selfla Crosse$11K
- Andrew Ceranskela Crosse$2K
- Paul LaesekeMadison$2.9M
- Parag PatelMilwaukee$389K
- William RillingMilwaukee$158K
- Eric MonroeMadison$136K
- Brandon KeyMilwaukee$101K
- Sarah WhiteMilwaukee$98K
- Ryan Jean-BaptisteEau Claire$89K
- Peter DrescherNew Berlin$80K
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.