Waleed Brinjikji, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Rochester, MNNPI 1770879892
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $597,203 of the $960,807 with a category attached, or 62.2%. Medtronic accounts for 66.3% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $713,213 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $73,720 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 210 payments — averaging $4575.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$637K
- MIVI Neuroscience, Inc.$161K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$62K
- Microvention, Inc.$40K
- Balt USA, LLC$25K
- Stryker$17K
- plus $20K from 10 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $49,162 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$147K
Across 1 payment — averaging $32,487 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Agile Devices, Inc.$32K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$248,41126%
- Speaking & faculty fees$52,9336%
- Travel & lodging$57,4206%
- Food & beverage$4,8401%
- Other$597,20362%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 35 | $637,401 |
| MIVI Neuroscience, Inc. | 25 | $160,771 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 44 | $61,647 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 24 | $39,614 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 7 | $24,834 |
| Stryker | 24 | $16,931 |
| Scientia Vascular | 2 | $8,000 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 15 | $3,587 |
| Asahi Intecc CO., LTD. | 3 | $2,418 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 15 | $2,063 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $1,728 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 4 | $314 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $247 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $153 |
| Neurovasc Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
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.
- EMBOGUARD$31,280
- Pipeline$27,452
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$23,048
- SOFIA 6F-131CM STR$16,631
- SURPASS EVOLVE$13,749
- Embotrap$12,625
- CEREBASE$11,287
- ONYX 18$6,442
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$3,301
- TRUFILL$3,000
- ONYX FRONTIER$2,695
- CEREPAK UNIFORM$2,250
- Pulsar Vascular PulseRider Aneurysm Neck Reconstruction Device$2,250
- TARGET$2,000
- HYDROSOFT ADVANCED$1,500
- Azur CX Detachable$1,127
- SPOTLIGHT$1,000
- Optima Coil System$250
- ASAHI PTCA Guide Wire$242
- EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device$228
How this compares
$960,807 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
- Jonathan MorrisRochester$200K
- Matthew CallstromRochester$54K
- Joel FletcherRochester$51K
- Francis BaffourRochester$40K
- Derek JohnsonRochester$39K
- Felix DiehnRochester$31K
- Geoffrey JohnsonRochester$30K
- Sanjay MisraRochester$30K
- John HustonRochester$27K
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.