Joss Wertz, DO
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Chandler, AZNPI 1881012912
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 30.3% of the total.
Across 154 payments — averaging $131.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Medtronic$4K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$2K
- Profound Medical Corp.$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3502%
- Travel & lodging$9,10845%
- Food & beverage$10,76053%
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 | 40 | $6,123 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $3,942 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 14 | $2,136 |
| Profound Medical Corp. | 3 | $2,031 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 17 | $1,550 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 10 | $1,196 |
| Stryker | 20 | $993 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $517 |
| Histosonics, Inc. | 3 | $461 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $274 |
| Abbott | 3 | $264 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $255 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 1 | $178 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $4 |
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$2,440
- Tulsa-Pro$1,999
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,600
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,600
- Abre$1,358
- ANGIOJET$1,333
- ClosureFast$1,245
- GlideWire$846
- Indigo System$692
- Navicross$593
- CONCERTOTM$568
- Zilver Vena$458
- Azur CX Detachable$412
- FlowTriever$283
- JETi All In One Non-Sterile Kit$217
- Bashir Endovascular Catheter$178
- ICEfx Cryoablation System$172
- SPINEJACK$163
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)$150
- RUBY Coil$149
How this compares
$20,219 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 80 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Arizona.
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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 Chandler
- Rahmi OkluScottsdale$16.9M
- Shamar YoungTucson$285K
- Joel RainwaterGilbert$241K
- Christopher GoettlScottsdale$220K
- Kamalani HanamaikaiPhoenix$205K
- Merve OzenScottsdale$47K
- Arnold SahaScottsdale$45K
- Aaron BrandisLitchfield Park$36K
- Gregory WoodheadTucson$33K
- Indravadan PatelScottsdale$31K
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.