James Ronald
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Durham, NCNPI 1417262080
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by GE HealthCare at 57.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,760 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $169 in 2025.
Across 16 payments — averaging $302.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GE HealthCare$3K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$353
- Abbott$185
- Cook Medical LLC$114
- Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc.$97
- plus $135 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20025%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,76057%
- Food & beverage$88518%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $2,760 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $353 |
| Abbott | 4 | $185 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $78 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
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.
How this compares
$4,845 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 106 vascular & interventional radiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 42 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other vascular & interventional radiology in Durham
- Charles KimDurham$50K
- Eric MastriaDurham$15K
- Alex SolomonDurham$15K
- Waleska Pabon-RamosDurham$8K
- Brendan ClineDurham$7K
- Justin FosterDurham$6K
- Himanshu AjrawatDurham$6K
- Jesse ChenDurham$5K
- Nicholas BeferaDurham$4K
- Brian TrianaDurham$2K
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.