Ryan Avery, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, ILNPI 1215176078
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $59,200 of the $81,568 with a category attached, or 72.6%. Blue Earth Diagnostics accounts for 73.8% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $60,071 and has fallen 79.7% since, to $12,166 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in IL 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 75 payments — averaging $1087.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$60K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$17K
- Telix Pharmaceuticals$4K
- Heartflow, Inc.$319
- GE HealthCare$169
- Edwards Lifesciences$131
- plus $359 from 3 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $21,446 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.$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$59,20073%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,71017%
- Travel & lodging$3,9975%
- Food & beverage$4,6616%
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 | 15 | $60,179 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 30 | $16,829 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 21 | $3,584 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $319 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $169 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $131 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $129 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Life Molecular Imaging Ltd | 2 | $105 |
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.
- Biograph Vision 600 (8 Ring/64 CT)$4,187
- ILLUCCIX$3,332
- FFRct$319
- Biograph Trinion EP CT64$159
- SOMATOM Pro.Pulse$159
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$131
- GOZELLIX$129
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$129
- PYLARIFY$125
- POSLUMA$108
How this compares
$81,568 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,417 diagnostic radiology providers in Illinois.
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 Chicago
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- Mikin PatelChicago$391K
- Auveek BasuChicago$148K
- Georgia SpearChicago$107K
- James CarrChicago$92K
- Amir BorhaniChicago$58K
- Howard ChrismanChicago$53K
- Brandie FaginChicago$48K
- Anas Al-SmadiChicago$40K
- Bradley AllenChicago$37K
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.