Alex Dressler, MD
Anesthesiology · Bedford, NHNPI 1952729055
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $15,000 of the $19,972 with a category attached, or 75.1%. Medtronic accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,711 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $487 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NH 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 98 payments — averaging $203.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$16K
- Abbott$2K
- AbbVie$524
- Boston Scientific$367
- Nevro Corp.$340
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$277
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5253%
- Grants$15,00075%
- Food & beverage$4,44722%
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(2 entities) | 4 | $15,525 |
| Abbott | 26 | $1,864 |
| AbbVie | 23 | $524 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $367 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $340 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $277 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $229 |
| Painteq LLC | 4 | $211 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $163 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $114 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $59 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$15,000
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$673
- O-ARM$525
- ETERNA$448
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$340
- mild Device Kit$160
- PAINTEQ$139
- Intracept$118
- Proclaim IPG$116
- EXPAREL$111
- Evoke SCS$108
How this compares
$19,972 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 237 anesthesiology providers in New Hampshire.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 113 | $1,219 |
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $352 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 35 | $233 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $209 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 20 | $197 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $126 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Bedford
- Ahmad UsmaniBedford$269
- Brian KlaggesNashua$48K
- Rafael VazquezSalem$16K
- Stacie DeinerLebanon$13K
- Andreas TaenzerLebanon$8K
- Mitchell BosmanManchester$8K
- Christopher CuratoloDover$6K
- Brian DunbarPortsmouth$5K
- Joseph CraveroLebanon$5K
- Nathan JorgensenDover$3K
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.