Robert Hieb, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1578514022
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.4%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 56.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $17,694 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $235 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in WI 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 97 payments — averaging $335.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$18K
- GE HealthCare$9K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$1K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$485
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $22,220 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.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$111K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,82539%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,86315%
- Travel & lodging$11,05934%
- Food & beverage$3,82812%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $18,359 |
| GE HealthCare | 3 | $8,961 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $1,543 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $1,161 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $485 |
| Abbott | 2 | $224 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $204 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $126 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 2 | $105 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $61 |
| Instylla, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 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.
- IN.PACT Admiral$15,678
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$900
- IN.PACT AV$488
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$385
- ACUSEAL Vascular Graft$359
- AngioVac$350
- Zenith Spiral-Z$158
- VIABAHN Endoprosthesis$158
- Endurant$143
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$141
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$136
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$136
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$136
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$136
- AFX$126
- ELUVIA$123
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$114
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$113
How this compares
$32,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 747 diagnostic radiology providers in Wisconsin.
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 Milwaukee
- Petar DuvnjakMilwaukee$552K
- Mark MewissenMilwaukee$25K
- Pritesh PatelMilwaukee$17K
- Shervin MirshahiMilwaukee$8K
- Daniel GarnetMilwaukee$7K
- Benjamin KuzmaMilwaukee$7K
- Jing QiMilwaukee$6K
- Mark SharafinskiMilwaukee$4K
- James WalkerMilwaukee$4K
- Ibrahim TunaMilwaukee$4K
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.