James Plorde, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Sioux Falls, SDNPI 1225061252
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,428 of the $7,776 with a category attached, or 69.8%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,062 and has fallen 66.7% since, to $1,019 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in SD 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 130 payments — averaging $59.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$1K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$887
- Sirtex Medical Inc$419
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$227
- Stryker$112
- plus $654 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,34830%
- Food & beverage$5,42870%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 68 | $4,071 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $1,406 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 29 | $887 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 3 | $419 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $227 |
| Stryker | 2 | $112 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $112 |
| Abbott | 2 | $107 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 3 | $102 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 5 | $79 |
| BD | 2 | $58 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Delcath Systems | 1 | $25 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$2,361
- Artis icono floor$1,288
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$419
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$133
- GLIDEPATH$113
- CATERPILLAR$110
- WAVELINQ$101
How this compares
$7,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 81 diagnostic radiology providers in South Dakota.
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 Sioux Falls
- Khalil YousefSioux Falls$2K
- Shannon PeckSioux Falls$2K
- Christopher JohansenSioux Falls$1K
- Josie AlpersSioux Falls$876
- Melinda TalleySioux Falls$735
- Aaron DewaldSioux Falls$636
- Patrick NelsonSioux Falls$567
- Jieqi WangSioux Falls$564
- Daniel FetzerSioux Falls$517
- Jamie WilliamsSioux Falls$512
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.