Michael Kipper, MD
Nuclear Radiology · San Diego, CANPI 1639107964
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $31,857 of the $40,647 with a category attached, or 78.4%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Blue Earth Diagnostics at 45.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,259 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $92 in 2025. Among nuclear radiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 102 payments — averaging $398.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$19K
- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$16K
- Bayer$5K
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$450
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$292
- Amgen$142
- plus $625 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,85778%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,4348%
- Travel & lodging$2,9207%
- Food & beverage$2,4186%
- Education$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 12 | $18,608 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $15,527 |
| Bayer | 23 | $5,004 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 12 | $450 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 18 | $292 |
| Amgen | 5 | $142 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $128 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $114 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $60 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Voximetry, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Novartis | 2 | $55 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $27 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Clovis Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Foundation Medicine, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
How this compares
$40,647 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 42 nuclear radiology providers in California.
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 San Diego
- Sherief GamieSan Diego$284
- Jaideep SohiRoseville$588K
- Andrei IagaruStanford$150K
- Thomas HopeSan Francisco$105K
- Peter ContiLos Angeles$67K
- Kristina HawkStanford$35K
- Guido DavidzonPalo Alto$25K
- Shyam SrinivasStanford$25K
- Benjamin FrancStanford$8K
- Erin Cook GradyStanford$5K
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.