Theodore Vander Velde, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1417967068
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,549 of the $2,899 with a category attached, or 87.9%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merit Medical Systems Inc at 26.3% of the total. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in MO 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 25 payments — averaging $115.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$763
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$399
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$320
- Stryker$291
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$283
- Boston Scientific$262
- plus $581 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35012%
- Food & beverage$2,54988%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 5 | $763 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $399 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $320 |
| Stryker | 5 | $291 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $283 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $262 |
| Bone Support Inc. | 2 | $236 |
| Amgen | 1 | $140 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
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
$2,899 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 762 diagnostic radiology providers in Missouri.
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 Saint Louis
- Kyongtae BaeSaint Louis$232K
- Jack JenningsSaint Louis$189K
- Ambrose HuangSaint Louis$169K
- Laurie FajardoSaint Louis$87K
- Tammie BenzingerSaint Louis$80K
- Matthew CovingtonSaint Louis$68K
- Alexander UshinskySaint Louis$67K
- Christopher MaloneSaint Louis$65K
- Robert McKinstrySaint Louis$60K
- Arvind NehraSaint Louis$45K
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.