Steve Braunstein, MD
Radiation Oncology · San Francisco, CANPI 1760610141
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,239 of the $40,613 with a category attached, or 62.1%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Icotec Medical Inc. at 32.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,124, 5.1 times the $1,797 reported in 2019. Among radiation oncology clinicians in CA 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 64 payments — averaging $634.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Icotec Medical Inc.$13K
- Novocure Inc.$12K
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$8K
- Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC$3K
- Elekta, Inc.$2K
- Seagen Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $15,162 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.
- Novocure Inc.$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,23962%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,98020%
- Travel & lodging$5,22013%
- Food & beverage$2,1745%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 33 | $13,021 |
| Novocure Inc. | 14 | $11,820 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 8 | $7,666 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $3,495 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 3 | $1,797 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $1,650 |
| Accuray Incorporated | 1 | $1,000 |
| Mevion_medical_systems_inc | 2 | $166 |
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.
- GammaTile$7,497
- icotec Medical BlackArmor Spine Oncology System$6,444
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$6,038
- Optune$5,308
- Icon$1,797
- TUKYSA$1,650
- Perfection$1,621
- CyberKnife System$1,000
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$592
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$592
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$592
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$592
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$592
- Unity$176
- Versa HD$176
- Mosaiq$176
- Monaco$176
- Vader Pedicle System$166
- PTS250$151
How this compares
$40,613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 627 radiation oncology 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 radiation oncology in San Francisco
- Felix FengSan Francisco$99K
- David KornguthSan Francisco$46K
- I Chow HsuSan Francisco$13K
- Rakesh PatelLos Gatos$1.3M
- Amir LavafPalm Springs$411K
- Albert ChangLos Angeles$290K
- Arya AminiDuarte$265K
- Rizwan NuraniApple Valley$220K
- Drew MoghanakiLos Angeles$183K
- Jyoti MayadevSan Diego$170K
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.