Alberto Bursian
Anesthesiology · Gainesville, FLNPI 1861846479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 25.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,602 and has fallen 83.7% since, to $587 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in FL 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 83 payments — averaging $86.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$952
- Nevro Corp.$826
- Surgentec$765
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$361
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,24845%
- Food & beverage$3,95955%
- Education$110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,816 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 11 | $1,374 |
| Abbott | 13 | $952 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $826 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $765 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 5 | $361 |
| MML US, Inc. | 4 | $317 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $301 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $135 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $59 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Intracept$2,328
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$839
- 3D GraftRasp System$765
- Omnia$389
- ReActiv8$269
- PROCLAIM$255
- Senza II$228
- Proclaim IPG$210
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$157
- mild Device Kit$145
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$135
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$135
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$135
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$135
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$135
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$124
- INTELLIS$120
- VECTRIS$115
How this compares
$7,218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,767 anesthesiology providers in Florida.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 71 | $1,751 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 67 | $1,711 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $224 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 15 | $195 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $131 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Gainesville
- Andre BoezaartGainesville$119K
- Jackson WagonerGainesville$70K
- Felipe UrdanetaGainesville$48K
- Thorsten HaasGainesville$42K
- Lauren BerkowGainesville$38K
- Marc MaybauerGainesville$38K
- Bruce SpiessGainesville$34K
- Nikolaus GravensteinGainesville$32K
- Shahrukh BengaliGainesville$16K
- Amir JafariGainesville$15K
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.