Andrew Gruenzel, MD
Pain Medicine · Willoughby, OHNPI 1548793177
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,731 of the $10,210 with a category attached, or 65.9%. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by MML US, Inc. at 27.0% of the total.
Across 184 payments — averaging $55.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MML US, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$708
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$280
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,48034%
- Food & beverage$6,73166%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MML US, Inc. | 24 | $2,761 |
| Boston Scientific | 71 | $2,641 |
| Medtronic | 22 | $1,614 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 15 | $1,025 |
| Abbott | 9 | $708 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $280 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $255 |
| Stryker | 3 | $217 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $135 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $109 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 4 | $106 |
| Curonix LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $29 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $13 |
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$3,212
- ReActiv8$2,260
- SYNCHROMEDII$954
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$727
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$460
- ETERNA$270
- mild Device Kit$175
- PROCLAIM$168
- SPRINT PNS System$144
- Senza$128
- Evoke$117
How this compares
$10,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 43 | $24,419 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 15 | $6,220 |
| Buprenorphine | 19 | $5,774 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 215 | $5,030 |
| Pregabalin | 180 | $4,878 |
| Gabapentin | 286 | $4,365 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 227 | $4,029 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 128 | $2,224 |
| Celecoxib | 68 | $1,464 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 190 | $1,437 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 61 | $1,159 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 122 | $1,145 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $1,139 |
| Methocarbamol | 59 | $809 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 32 | $795 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Willoughby
- Henry VuceticWilloughby$509K
- Patrick McIntyreWilloughby$15K
- Alexander EscobarToledo$638K
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
- Tammy DannDayton$431K
- Michael DankoLoveland$381K
- Jonathan SilvermanDayton$234K
- Tristan WeaverColumbus$202K
- Robert BolashCleveland$154K
- Dmitri SouzaCuyahoga Falls$61K
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.