Lale Kostakoglu Shields, MD
Nuclear Radiology · Charlottesville, VANPI 1154398642
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $37,860 of the $52,273 with a category attached, or 72.4%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 43.2% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $18,057, 2.8 times the $6,521 reported in 2019.
Across 63 payments — averaging $829.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$23K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$16K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$7K
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$4K
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$246
- plus $250 from 3 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $16,039 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.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$207K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$97K
- Eli Lilly$58K
- Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.$23K
- Genentech, Inc.$22K
- GE HealthCare$9K
- plus $476 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,86072%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,64322%
- Travel & lodging$1,9124%
- Food & beverage$8592%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 29 | $22,588 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 17 | $16,423 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $7,276 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 3 | $3,713 |
| Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $1,778 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 4 | $246 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $117 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| United Imaging Healthcare North America LLC | 1 | $65 |
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
Too few nuclear radiology providers in Virginiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 nuclear radiology in Charlottesville
- Jiefu ZhengCharlottesville$3K
- Prem BatchalaCharlottesville$1K
- James ZelenakRichmond$272
- Melvin FratkinRichmond$19
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.