Dr. Steve Chen, MD

NPI: 1316924533
Total Payments
$275,784
2024 Payments
$31,544
Companies
44
Transactions
273
Medicare Patients
2,085
Medicare Billing
$180,917

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$249,450 (90.5%)
Consulting$11,500 (4.2%)
Food & Beverage$11,380 (4.1%)
Travel$3,454 (1.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $248,250 25 90.0%
Consulting Fee $11,500 6 4.2%
Food and Beverage $11,380 228 4.1%
Travel and Lodging $3,454 13 1.3%
Honoraria $1,200 1 0.4%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Sirtex Medical Inc $245,594 45 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $13,365 42 $0 (2024)
Terumo Medical Corporation $7,108 30 $0 (2023)
TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc. $2,260 9 $0 (2024)
Inari Medical, Inc. $1,482 27 $0 (2024)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $700.12 6 $0 (2024)
AngioDynamics, Inc. $479.35 6 $0 (2024)
Route 92 Medical, Inc. $455.62 1 $0 (2024)
Instylla, Inc. $418.20 3 $0 (2024)
Penumbra, Inc. $411.59 8 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $31,544 70 Sirtex Medical Inc ($28,457)
2023 $9,359 31 Boston Scientific Corporation ($7,240)
2022 $198,254 49 Sirtex Medical Inc ($192,274)
2021 $27,345 17 Sirtex Medical Inc ($23,000)
2020 $253.22 4 AngioDynamics, Inc. ($211.12)
2019 $4,638 21 Terumo Medical Corporation ($3,667)
2018 $2,279 42 Terumo Medical Corporation ($1,178)
2017 $2,112 39 Biocompatibles, Inc. ($267.47)

All Payment Transactions

273 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 11

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/17/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $4,450.00 General
Category: Interventional Oncology
12/17/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $2,600.00 General
Category: Interventional Oncology
12/17/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.37 General
Category: TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 7.0 GBq (US Commercial)_PI
12/12/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $95.78 General
Category: General - Embolics_PI
12/06/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.76 General
Category: VTE
11/27/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation EMBOLD Fibered (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.07 General
Category: Embold_PI
11/20/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $4.39 General
Category: Interventional Oncology
11/13/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $133.35 General
Category: Interventional Oncology
11/06/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $159.14 General
Category: VTE
10/18/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $141.50 General
Category: VTE
10/08/2024 Imperative Care, Inc SYMPHONY CATHETER (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.48 General
Category: VASCULAR
09/24/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $19.96 General
Category: Interventional Oncology
09/16/2024 AngioDynamics, Inc. ALPHAVAC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $76.49 General
Category: VIT
09/10/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc LAVA LES (Liquid Embolic System) (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $131.28 General
Category: Endovascular Embolization
08/26/2024 Penumbra, Inc. Indigo System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $150.00 General
Category: Peripheral Intervention
08/21/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Direxion (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.30 General
Category: Direxion_PI
08/19/2024 Inari Medical, Inc. FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device), CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.19 General
Category: VTE
08/13/2024 Okami Medical, Inc. LOBO (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $18.19 General
Category: Peripheral vascular intervention
08/12/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. TRUFILL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.38 General
Category: Neurovascular
07/30/2024 Sirtex Medical Inc SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $5.31 General
Category: Interventional Oncology
07/28/2024 Penumbra, Inc. Penumbra System (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $135.39 General
Category: Neurointervention
07/25/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation Direxion (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $7.06 General
Category: Direxion_PI
07/24/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation EMBOLD Fibered (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $82.98 General
Category: Embold_PI
07/17/2024 CORDIS US CORP. MYNX CONTROL (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.67 General
Category: Cardiovascular
07/15/2024 Boston Scientific Corporation EMBOLD Fibered (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.27 General
Category: Embold_PI

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 17 498 1,490 $355,128 $39,452
2022 20 576 699 $388,854 $46,531
2021 17 473 600 $153,031 $41,461
2020 19 538 688 $197,668 $53,474
Total Patients
2,085
Total Services
3,477
Medicare Billing
$180,917
Procedure Codes
76

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
36247 Insertion of tube into abdominal, pelvic, or leg artery, initial third order branch Office 2023 11 19 $66,481 $11,137 16.8%
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2023 14 14 $34,006 $3,609 10.6%
36558 Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) Facility 2023 17 17 $34,901 $3,287 9.4%
36248 Insertion of tube into abdominal, pelvic, or leg artery, additional second, third, and beyond Office 2023 11 34 $9,792 $3,121 31.9%
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes Facility 2023 27 27 $8,640 $2,752 31.9%
32557 Drainage of fluid from chest cavity with insertion of indwelling tube using imaging guidance Facility 2023 18 21 $42,087 $2,682 6.4%
36247 Insertion of tube into abdominal, pelvic, or leg artery, initial third order branch Facility 2023 13 17 $59,319 $2,061 3.5%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 134 142 $17,413 $1,383 7.9%
50200 Needle biopsy of kidney Facility 2023 13 14 $17,850 $1,373 7.7%
77012 Review by radiologist of ct guidance for needle placement Facility 2023 22 22 $7,700 $1,215 15.8%
36589 Removal of tunneled central venous tube Facility 2023 12 12 $4,872 $1,090 22.4%
38222 Biopsy and aspiration of bone marrow sample for diagnosis Facility 2023 18 18 $7,739 $1,017 13.1%
76942 Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement Facility 2023 34 35 $5,032 $837.20 16.6%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 13 13 $2,529 $806.13 31.9%
47000 Needle biopsy of liver through skin Facility 2023 12 12 $8,952 $786.72 8.8%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Office 2023 17 20 $1,940 $596.67 30.8%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2023 50 52 $5,039 $569.55 11.3%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2023 38 40 $9,870 $552.10 5.6%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Office 2023 12 12 $1,476 $469.08 31.8%
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml Office 2023 12 949 $9,490 $107.34 1.1%
37243 Occlusion of growths or obstructed vessels with review by radiologist Facility 2022 15 16 $109,960 $7,068 6.4%
36247 Insertion of tube into abdominal, pelvic, or leg artery, initial third order branch Facility 2022 23 31 $51,255 $4,545 8.9%
36558 Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) Facility 2022 20 20 $26,422 $4,118 15.6%
50200 Needle biopsy of kidney Facility 2022 40 42 $23,099 $3,780 16.4%
32557 Drainage of fluid from chest cavity with insertion of indwelling tube using imaging guidance Facility 2022 28 29 $31,565 $3,677 11.6%

About Dr. Steve Chen, MD

Dr. Steve Chen, MD is a Vascular & Interventional Radiology healthcare provider based in Seattle, Washington. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/29/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1316924533.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Steve Chen, MD has received a total of $275,784 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $31,544 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 273 transactions from 44 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($248,250).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Chen has provided services to 2,085 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,477 services with total Medicare billing of $180,917. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 76 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Other Specialties Diagnostic Radiology
  • Location Seattle, WA
  • Active Since 12/29/2005
  • Last Updated 01/20/2026
  • Taxonomy Code 2085R0204X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1316924533

Products in Payments

  • SIR-Spheres Microspheres (Device) $245,437
  • Navicross (Device) $4,600
  • TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq (Device) $2,700
  • TRINAV INFUSION SYSTEM (Device) $2,260
  • GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $2,250
  • Azur CX Detachable (Device) $1,750
  • FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $1,448
  • 8F BASE CAMP SHEATH SYSTEM (Device) $455.62
  • VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (Device) $397.35
  • THERASPHERE - BIO (Device) $311.72
  • Solitaire (Device) $271.99
  • Nexavar (Drug) $252.51
  • Product in Development (Device) $250.00
  • INSTYLLA DELIVERY KIT (Device) $205.77
  • CONCERTOTM (Device) $184.51
  • General - Embolics (Device) $172.46
  • Penumbra System (Device) $171.80
  • TR Band (Device) $171.09
  • Viz.AI LVO (Device) $167.65
  • LAVA LES (Liquid Embolic System) (Device) $157.05

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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