Keith Sterling
Vascular & Interventional Radiology · Springfield, VANPI 1821180175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 68.1% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $134,901 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $278 in 2025. Among vascular & interventional radiology clinicians in VA 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 384 payments — averaging $930.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$243K
- EKOS Corporation$96K
- Balt USA, LLC$9K
- Access Vascular Inc$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$1K
- plus $4K from 16 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $5252.74 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.
- EKOS Corporation$31K
- Boston Scientific$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$171,71248%
- Speaking & faculty fees$133,27037%
- Travel & lodging$40,07011%
- Food & beverage$12,3693%
- Education$350%
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 | 259 | $243,484 |
| EKOS Corporation | 45 | $95,971 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 13 | $8,953 |
| Access Vascular Inc | 4 | $2,519 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $1,436 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $1,272 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $1,150 |
| Endologix LLC | 10 | $740 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 6 | $533 |
| Stryker | 7 | $352 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $243 |
| BTG International Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Abbott | 3 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $47 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- EKOSONIC$164,097
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$96,734
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$32,666
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$11,127
- GENERAL - IO ABLATION$10,800
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$3,600
- HYDROPICC$2,450
- HYDROMID$2,450
- HYDROPICC DUAL LUMEN$2,450
- VANNAS DEEP ACCESS VASCULAR SCISSORS$2,450
- AlphaVac$938
- Indigo$625
- Indigo System$500
- Viz.AI LVO$416
- Prestige Coil System$369
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$335
- GENERAL THROMBECTOMY$300
- GENERAL GUIDEWIRES$299
- ANGIOJET$285
- Optima Coil System$251
How this compares
$357,455 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 136 vascular & interventional radiology providers in Virginia.
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Other vascular & interventional radiology in Springfield
- James CooperSpringfield$8K
- Trelawny ZimmermannSpringfield$4K
- Jeffrey HullRichmond$10.8M
- Ziv HaskalCharlottesville$724K
- John GaughenCharlottesville$253K
- Jawad HussainRichmond$248K
- Sandeep BaglaFalls Church$146K
- Aaron DucoffeFairfax$108K
- Ryan McTaggartRoanoke$103K
- Kevin YooRichmond$98K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.