Michael Winkler, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Augusta, GANPI 1003846692
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,000 of the $2,919 with a category attached, or 68.5%. Arrow International, Inc. accounts for 68.5% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,655 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $106 in 2023. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in GA 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 10 payments — averaging $291.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arrow International, Inc.$2K
- Heartflow, Inc.$516
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$139
- Boston Scientific$139
- Teleflex LLC$106
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$19
Across 6 payments — averaging $3084.78 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.
- Arrow International, Inc.$17K
- Teleflex LLC$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,00069%
- Travel & lodging$2699%
- Food & beverage$64922%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow International, Inc. | 2 | $2,000 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 4 | $516 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $139 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $106 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$2,919 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 840 diagnostic radiology providers in Georgia.
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 diagnostic radiology in Augusta
- Arthur FreedmanAugusta$8K
- Bennett GreenspanAugusta$4K
- William BatesAugusta$2K
- Corey GarvinAugusta$2K
- Patricia BalthazarAtlanta$144K
- Felix GonzalezAtlanta$128K
- Cameron KerseyColumbus$111K
- Diego MartinAtlanta$68K
- Kimberly HutchersonLawrenceville$59K
- Henry KrebsNewnan$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.