Steve Chen, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Seattle, WANPI 1316924533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $256,950 of the $281,142 with a category attached, or 91.4%. Sirtex Medical Inc accounts for 90.3% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $198,254 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $9,749 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in WA 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 227 payments — averaging $1238.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sirtex Medical Inc$254K
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$6K
- Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc.$2K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Route 92 Medical, Inc.$776
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,2504%
- Speaking & faculty fees$256,95091%
- Travel & lodging$2,7881%
- Food & beverage$10,1534%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 60 | $253,849 |
| Boston Scientific | 39 | $13,415 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 13 | $5,736 |
| Trisalus Life Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $2,299 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 28 | $1,500 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $776 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $506 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $426 |
| Instylla, Inc. | 3 | $418 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $318 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 10 | $260 |
| Stryker | 4 | $224 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $211 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 2 | $168 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $113 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $106 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Biogen | 1 | $28 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $25 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- SIR-Spheres Microspheres$253,019
- Navicross$5,369
- GlideWire$5,369
- TR Band$3,619
- Glidesheath$3,619
- TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq$2,700
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$2,250
- TRINAV INFUSION SYSTEM$2,103
- Azur CX Detachable$1,872
- HydroPearl$1,750
- GLIDESHEATH SLENDER$1,750
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,152
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,152
- 8F Base Camp Sheath System$456
- Instylla Delivery Kit$182
- INSTYLLA MICROCATHETER$182
- GENERAL EMBOLICS$172
- FlowTriever$162
- CONCERTOTM$161
- SPYGLASS$151
How this compares
$281,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 772 diagnostic radiology providers in Washington.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $74 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other diagnostic radiology in Seattle
- Guy JohnsonSeattle$187K
- Eniola OluyemiSeattle$147K
- Marissa LawsonSeattle$142K
- Nathan CrossSeattle$141K
- Dushyant SahaniSeattle$84K
- Kathryn LowrySeattle$76K
- Delphine ChenSeattle$60K
- Hubert VesselleSeattle$58K
- Richard HaSeattle$32K
- Manjiri DigheSeattle$20K
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.