Dr. Michael Ludkowski, M.D

NPI: 1477563880
Total Payments
$14,839
2024 Payments
$3,982
Companies
20
Transactions
242
Medicare Patients
3,160
Medicare Billing
$183,115

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$7,114 (47.9%)
Other$4,800 (32.3%)
Travel$2,925 (19.7%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $7,114 230 47.9%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $4,800 4 32.3%
Travel and Lodging $2,925 8 19.7%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Inari Medical, Inc. $12,540 154 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $429.23 16 $0 (2024)
EKOS Corporation $330.87 15 $0 (2019)
Boston Scientific Corporation $274.47 8 $0 (2023)
Philips Electronics North America Corporation $166.28 10 $0 (2021)
B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. $161.08 5 $0 (2022)
Biocompatibles, Inc. $123.75 1 $0 (2019)
Sirtex Medical Inc $121.77 1 $0 (2019)
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. $111.24 1 $0 (2021)
Cook Medical LLC $101.48 5 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $3,982 76 Inari Medical, Inc. ($3,662)
2023 $6,664 62 Inari Medical, Inc. ($6,519)
2022 $898.59 37 Inari Medical, Inc. ($665.47)
2021 $421.14 17 Inari Medical, Inc. ($131.84)
2020 $1,598 8 Inari Medical, Inc. ($1,561)
2019 $510.19 11 Biocompatibles, Inc. ($123.75)
2018 $262.81 16 Philips Electronics North America Corporation ($86.26)
2017 $501.64 15 EKOS Corporation ($176.61)

All Payment Transactions

242 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 10

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/29/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $85.22 General
Category: VTE
12/23/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $411.95 General
Category: VTE
12/13/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $78.34 General
Category: VTE
12/12/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.02 General
Category: VTE
12/07/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $63.88 General
Category: VTE
11/27/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT (Device), FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $9.83 General
Category: VTE
11/18/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.22 General
Category: VTE
11/17/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT (Device), FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.08 General
Category: VTE
11/15/2024 Medtronic, Inc. OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.03 General
Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional)
11/06/2024 Medtronic, Inc. KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $11.70 General
Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional)
11/06/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.76 General
Category: VTE
10/31/2024 Medtronic, Inc. KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.24 General
Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional)
10/24/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.18 General
Category: VTE
10/02/2024 Penumbra, Inc. Indigo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $16.55 General
Category: Peripheral Intervention
09/21/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT (Device), FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.10 General
Category: VTE
09/14/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.66 General
Category: VTE
09/03/2024 CORDIS US CORP. Mynx Venous VCD (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.95 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
09/02/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT (Device), FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.95 General
Category: VTE
09/02/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.21 General
Category: VTE
08/29/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.46 General
Category: VTE
08/27/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.31 General
Category: VTE
08/27/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $2.75 General
Category: VTE
08/13/2024 Medtronic, Inc. OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.12 General
Category: Neuro Pain (includes Interventional)
08/05/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $103.67 General
Category: VTE
07/20/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $48.08 General
Category: VTE

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 23 678 766 $501,301 $45,750
2022 26 902 1,003 $380,020 $50,331
2021 28 891 998 $376,565 $54,642
2020 21 689 722 $205,306 $32,392
Total Patients
3,160
Total Services
3,489
Medicare Billing
$183,115
Procedure Codes
98

All Medicare Procedures & Services

98 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2023 39 39 $94,614 $9,662 10.2%
37184 Primary removal and dissolving of blood clot from artery or artery graft using fluoroscopic guidance, initial vessel Facility 2023 11 11 $92,532 $5,343 5.8%
49083 Drainage of fluid from abdominal cavity using imaging guidance Facility 2023 29 61 $44,197 $4,722 10.7%
70496 Ct scan of blood vessels of head with contrast Facility 2023 46 46 $21,432 $2,939 13.7%
70498 Ct scan of blood vessels of neck with contrast Facility 2023 44 44 $20,528 $2,727 13.3%
36015 Insertion of tube into artery of lobe of lung Facility 2023 13 27 $87,738 $2,238 2.6%
77012 Review by radiologist of ct guidance for needle placement Facility 2023 38 40 $16,188 $2,184 13.5%
36558 Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) Facility 2023 11 11 $21,591 $2,171 10.1%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 16 16 $11,248 $1,608 14.3%
36590 Removal of central venous tube with port or pump Facility 2023 11 11 $10,703 $1,513 14.1%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 123 146 $17,260 $1,395 8.1%
38222 Biopsy and aspiration of bone marrow sample for diagnosis Facility 2023 23 24 $9,654 $1,393 14.4%
36589 Removal of tunneled central venous tube Facility 2023 12 12 $8,460 $1,195 14.1%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2023 87 97 $7,103 $1,055 14.9%
62304 X-ray of lower spinal canal with review by radiologist Facility 2023 11 11 $6,842 $992.64 14.5%
99442 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes Office 2023 14 14 $3,038 $964.46 31.7%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2023 61 63 $6,240 $864.89 13.9%
71275 Ct scan of blood vessels of chest with contrast Facility 2023 16 16 $8,136 $808.20 9.9%
75820 Review by radiologist of 1 arm or leg vein of 1 arm or leg image Facility 2023 14 17 $3,034 $650.76 21.4%
93880 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow Facility 2023 17 17 $3,485 $472.96 13.6%
76942 Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement Facility 2023 17 18 $3,276 $402.90 12.3%
93925 Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts Facility 2023 13 13 $3,037 $346.32 11.4%
93922 Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries Facility 2023 12 12 $965.00 $102.63 10.6%
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2022 28 28 $56,896 $7,180 12.6%
70496 Ct scan of blood vessels of head with contrast Facility 2022 101 101 $45,652 $6,298 13.8%

About Dr. Michael Ludkowski, M.D

Dr. Michael Ludkowski, M.D is a Diagnostic Radiology healthcare provider based in Greenville, South Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/08/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1477563880.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Ludkowski, M.D has received a total of $14,839 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,982 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 242 transactions from 20 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($7,114).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ludkowski has provided services to 3,160 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,489 services with total Medicare billing of $183,115. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 98 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Diagnostic Radiology
  • Other Specialties Diagnostic Ultrasound, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Location Greenville, SC
  • Active Since 08/08/2006
  • Last Updated 02/27/2024
  • Taxonomy Code 2085R0202X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1477563880

Products in Payments

  • FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $5,786
  • CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT (Device) $5,193
  • FlowTriever (Device) $1,561
  • KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY (Device) $257.46
  • EKOSONIC (Device) $197.54
  • THERASPHERE-BIO (Device) $123.75
  • SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) $121.77
  • OTHER- BSC PRODUCT NOT LISTED (Device) $117.43
  • ONCOZENE (Device) $111.24
  • VENATECH VASCULAR IMPLANT (Device) $96.80
  • ABRE (Device) $87.76
  • KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty (Device) $79.20
  • COOK (Device) $60.28
  • EMBOZENE (Device) $58.46
  • Image Guided Therapy Devices _ Peripheral (Device) $51.17
  • IGT_D Peripheral (Device) $45.57
  • EkoSonic (Device) $43.90
  • VenaTech Vascular Implant (Device) $41.39
  • Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system (Device) $40.42
  • Angel Catheter (AC3930A) (Device) $36.46

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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