John Braun, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Germantown, TNNPI 1760820625
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 32.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,113 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $654 in 2025.
Across 126 payments — averaging $78.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$3K
- Sirtex Medical Inc$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$1K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$464
- Medtronic$341
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,40024%
- Travel & lodging$2,17922%
- Food & beverage$5,30454%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 15 | $3,230 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 18 | $1,676 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 17 | $1,523 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 21 | $1,343 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 8 | $464 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 9 | $341 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $261 |
| Stryker | 6 | $252 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $167 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $126 |
| Abbott | 1 | $103 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $25 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| BD | 1 | $14 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- RUBY Coil$2,400
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,843
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$1,426
- FlowTriever$333
- ClotTriever$333
- Indigo$282
- Indigo System$244
- Varian CRYOCARE TOUCH System$142
- LOBO$132
- Navicross$122
- Azur CX Detachable$122
- CONCERTOTM$120
- Emboshield NAV6 system$103
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$102
How this compares
$9,883 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 76 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Tennessee.
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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 Germantown
- Aron CharyGermantown$219K
- Joel PerchikGermantown$37K
- David CohenGermantown$18K
- Emilio CazanoGermantown$8K
- William WoodruffGermantown$3K
- Chika ObeleGermantown$2K
- Scott BaumGermantown$1K
- Britton WoodwardKnoxville$1.6M
- Samdeep MouliNashville$217K
- Reed OmaryNashville$66K
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.