Andrea Couch, MD
Anesthesiology · Nashville, TNNPI 1104142314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 92.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,138 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $83 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TN 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 23 payments — averaging $106.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- BD$64
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$44
- Abbott$32
- Merck$27
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc$15
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,13847%
- Travel & lodging$60025%
- Food & beverage$70129%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $2,245 |
| BD | 2 | $64 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Abbott | 1 | $32 |
| Merck | 1 | $27 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,439 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 772 anesthesiology providers in Tennessee.
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.
Other anesthesiology in Nashville
- Jeffery BalserNashville$952K
- Matthew WeingerNashville$54K
- Michael StabileNashville$37K
- Adam KingeterNashville$13K
- Bryan MarascalchiNashville$8K
- Huong leNashville$7K
- Warren SandbergNashville$5K
- Benjamin MacdougallNashville$3K
- William ChangNashville$3K
- Bantayehu SileshiNashville$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.