James Mountz
Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1134193808
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $1,650 of the $2,684 with a category attached, or 61.5%. Blue Earth Diagnostics accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in PA 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 3 payments — averaging $894.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$3K
- Novartis$17
Across 12 payments — averaging $6105.35 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.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$73K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,65061%
- Travel & lodging$1,01738%
- Food & beverage$171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $2,667 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Axumin$2,667
How this compares
$2,684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,665 diagnostic radiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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 Pittsburgh
- Robert ShortPittsburgh$669K
- Terri GizienskiPittsburgh$151K
- Emanuel KanalPittsburgh$76K
- Alessandro FurlanPittsburgh$45K
- Margarita ZuleyPittsburgh$21K
- Malolan RajagopalanPittsburgh$20K
- Mohammad RahmanPittsburgh$16K
- James BackstromPittsburgh$15K
- Amy LuPittsburgh$13K
- Rajan AgarwalAbington$2.1M
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.