George Behrens, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Hinsdale, ILNPI 1275799876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by BD at 31.5% of the total. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in IL 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 174 payments — averaging $291.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- BD$16K
- Penumbra, Inc.$11K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$9K
- Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$3K
- Eisai Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,55043%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,20014%
- Travel & lodging$12,48525%
- Food & beverage$9,46119%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BD | 8 | $15,954 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 20 | $10,828 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 19 | $9,316 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 9 | $3,264 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $2,400 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 22 | $2,257 |
| Boston Scientific | 25 | $1,128 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $1,089 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 5 | $745 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 7 | $556 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $440 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $421 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $338 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $328 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 2 | $251 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 7 | $236 |
| Clinical Technology, Inc | 1 | $192 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $171 |
| Gilead | 4 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $141 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $69 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Abbott | 2 | $45 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$7,115
- RUBY Coil$3,240
- Clot Management$2,506
- LENVIMA$2,400
- Zilver PTX$1,089
- GORE VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis with Controlled Expansion$859
- GORE VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis$696
- CLEANER$450
- TIPS$297
- Senza$297
- VIATORR TIPS Endoprosthesis w/ Controlled Expansion$269
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$251
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$237
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$160
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$158
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$158
- MicroThermX Microwave Ablation System$149
- AngioVac$148
- ELLIPSYS VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM$147
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$143
How this compares
$50,696 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 197 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Illinois.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 54 | $219,672 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $11,542 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 44 | $501 |
| Lactulose | 20 | $483 |
| ConstuloseLactulose | 14 | $448 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 11 | $155 |
| Cilostazol | 11 | $73 |
| Alprazolam | 13 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Hinsdale
- Paramjit ChopraHinsdale$284K
- Sreenivas ReddyHinsdale$172K
- Gaurav GadodiaHinsdale$38K
- Michael SichlauHinsdale$33K
- Steven SmithHinsdale$25K
- Luke SewallHinsdale$21K
- Alex HeatonHinsdale$9K
- Riad SalemChicago$2.3M
- Kush DesaiChicago$1M
- Robert LewandowskiChicago$954K
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.