Sudhakar Venkatesh, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, MNNPI 1679869390
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.1%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bayer at 51.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,525 and has fallen 95.6% since, to $157 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in MN 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 11 payments — averaging $622.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bayer$4K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$3K
- Coloplast$186
- SK Life Science, Inc.$132
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$25
Across 2 payments — averaging $179,956 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.
- AbbVie$360K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,50051%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00044%
- Food & beverage$3435%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bayer | 1 | $3,500 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $3,000 |
| Coloplast | 7 | $186 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
How this compares
$6,843 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,296 diagnostic radiology providers in Minnesota.
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 Rochester
- David KallmesRochester$1.2M
- Waleed BrinjikjiRochester$961K
- Jonathan MorrisRochester$200K
- Matthew CallstromRochester$54K
- Joel FletcherRochester$51K
- Francis BaffourRochester$40K
- Derek JohnsonRochester$39K
- Felix DiehnRochester$31K
- Geoffrey JohnsonRochester$30K
- Sanjay MisraRochester$30K
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.