Theodore Hong, MD
Radiation Oncology · Boston, MANPI 1457342917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,365 of the $24,437 with a category attached, or 91.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 48.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,788 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $273 in 2024. Among radiation oncology clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 21 payments — averaging $1163.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$12K
- Novocure Inc.$11K
- GSK$2K
- IBA Proton Therapy, Inc.$273
- AstraZeneca$80
- Tesaro, Inc.$44
- plus $27 from 1 others
Across 36 payments — averaging $79,567 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.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$2M
- GSK$405K
- AstraZeneca$217K
- Taiho Oncology, Inc.$199K
- Boston Scientific$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,36592%
- Travel & lodging$1,4766%
- Food & beverage$5952%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 11 | $11,837 |
| Novocure Inc. | 5 | $10,551 |
| GSK | 1 | $1,625 |
| IBA Proton Therapy, Inc. | 1 | $273 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $80 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $27 |
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.
How this compares
$24,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 200 radiation oncology providers in Massachusetts.
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 Boston
- Peter OrioBoston$1.8M
- Paul NguyenBoston$721K
- Jason EfstathiouBoston$156K
- Jonathan SchoenfeldBoston$53K
- Martin KingBoston$37K
- Raymond MakBoston$36K
- Shannon MacdonaldBoston$33K
- Nima AghdamBoston$29K
- Rachel JimenezBoston$28K
- Alice HoBoston$22K
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.