Diagnostic Radiology in California
3,537 providers, $25,026,124 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $36.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays diagnostic radiology clinicians in California
Across 3,125 diagnostic radiology clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $603,184,285 in total — an average of $193,019 each, of which $191,618 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Murray ReicherSan Diego$10,475,491
- 2Agnes SantosaSan Diego$883,503
- 3Robert SuhLos Angeles$757,767
- 4Jonathan ChungSan Diego$746,946
- 5Gary UlanerLos Angeles$687,387
- 6Garry GoldStanford$528,031
- 7Michael TrambertSanta Barbara$499,258
- 8Michael DakeStanford$492,156
- 9Ira SmalbergSanta Monica$451,358
- 10Yingbing WangSan Francisco$402,946
- 11Mary YamashitaLos Angeles$357,962
- 12Anand PatelSan Pedro$353,289
- 13Debra IkedaStanford$306,512
- 14Scott AtlasStanford$297,487
- 15Phillip KuoDuarte$273,065
- 16Scott GenshaftLos Angeles$266,899
- 17Pavan KhannaStockton$261,357
- 18Lisa SchmelzelStanford$234,305
- 19Arthur BaghdanianLos Angeles$219,413
- 20Linh ChenGlendale$218,905
- 21Jennifer LeeMenlo Park$211,339
- 22Maud MorshediLos Angeles$187,286
- 23Jonathan GoldinLos Angeles$167,615
- 24Kathleen RuchalskiLos Angeles$154,600
- 25Jordan ZieglerSan Diego$141,761
- 26Shadi Aminololama ShakeriSacramento$138,406
- 27Vishal VermaSan Diego$133,353
- 28Christopher LohSanta Monica$121,247
- 29Monica ZauchaSan Jose$116,569
- 30Suzanne BashLos Angeles$112,975
- 31Gregg AlzateSan Diego$110,719
- 32Muhammad ChaudhriVisalia$97,860
- 33Horng LinSalinas$94,481
- 34Derk PurcellSan Francisco$93,224
- 35Michael DavisSan Diego$92,831
- 36Jerome BarakosSan Francisco$92,519
- 37Javier Villanueva-MeyerSan Francisco$87,313
- 38Viktor SzederLos Angeles$73,261
- 39Cecilia JudeSylmar$73,202
- 40Hannah MilchLos Angeles$70,453
- 41Khai TranSacramento$67,108
- 42Christopher HessSan Francisco$65,579
- 43Magie MalaroHermosa Beach$62,618
- 44Pejman GhanouniStanford$60,834
- 45Kimberly KallianosSan Francisco$59,471
- 46Paul SylvanRancho Mirage$59,311
- 47Benjamin LevineLos Angeles$58,617
- 48Mark SchechterSan Diego$56,582
- 49Gabriel Howles-BanerjiOakland$55,447
- 50Pareen MehtaLos Angeles$50,959
- 51Maurice Zissenla Jolla$50,231
- 52George SoTorrance$49,608
- 53Hamed FaridOrange$44,880
- 54George MatcukWest Hollywood$44,324
- 55Giuseppe AmmiratiSan Diego$43,852
- 56John JohnsonSan Diego$40,991
- 57Avishkar SharmaStanford$40,644
- 58Sabeen DhandWhittier$40,423
- 59Nikunj Patella Jolla$39,559
- 60Byron SotomayorArcadia$36,278