Andrew Huff, MD
Anesthesiology · Council Bluffs, IANPI 1285607747
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertos Medical, Inc. at 36.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $18,188 and has fallen 62.0% since, to $6,919 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in IA 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 305 payments — averaging $172.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$19K
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$6K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$5K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$3K
- plus $7K from 13 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $14,947 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$75K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,85038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,05612%
- Travel & lodging$11,69522%
- Food & beverage$11,70222%
- Education$3,2506%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 14 | $19,224 |
| Boston Scientific | 133 | $9,671 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 19 | $6,482 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 21 | $4,675 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 13 | $2,774 |
| Abbott | 26 | $2,513 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $2,093 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 16 | $1,619 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 11 | $1,267 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 12 | $972 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $605 |
| MML US, Inc. | 4 | $300 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $159 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $40 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 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.
- mild Device Kit$18,886
- SUPERION$6,207
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$6,054
- Evoke$4,195
- Superion ISS$2,343
- Intracept$1,869
- PROCLAIM$1,405
- SPRINT PNS System$1,363
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,329
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$760
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$673
- ION Facet Screw System$605
- TiLink$605
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$347
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$187
- ReActiv8$157
- ETERNA$120
How this compares
$52,554 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 388 anesthesiology providers in Iowa.
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 | 351 | $6,981 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 203 | $4,516 |
| Pregabalin | 153 | $4,502 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 236 | $3,960 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 223 | $2,849 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $2,740 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 21 | $2,378 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 67 | $1,899 |
| Celecoxib | 73 | $1,830 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 57 | $1,434 |
| Fentanyl | 14 | $1,277 |
| Methylprednisolone | 121 | $818 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 64 | $671 |
| Baclofen | 50 | $584 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 71 | $559 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Council Bluffs
- Bryan PurdyDes Moines$12K
- William XuIowa City$8K
- Mark CollieIowa City$6K
- Martin MuellerIowa City$5K
- Jie Xin TangIowa City$5K
- Anke BellingerWaterloo$3K
- Ryan DensmoreIowa City$3K
- Jordan KingHiawatha$2K
- Javier Campos TorresIowa City$2K
- Tejinder Singh Swaran SinghIowa City$2K
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.