Anil Ramarao, MD
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology · Tucson, AZNPI 1659481661
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $190,732 of the $191,778 with a category attached, or 99.5%. Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 69.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $77,678 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $6,877 in 2024. Among anatomic pathology & clinical pathology clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 78 payments — averaging $2458.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.$133K
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$58K
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$130
- Merck$66
Across 2 payments — averaging $38,035 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.$76K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$190,73299%
- Food & beverage$1960%
- Education$8500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. | 57 | $133,354 |
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 17 | $58,228 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $130 |
| Merck | 3 | $66 |
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.
How this compares
$191,778 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 153 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology providers in Arizona.
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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 anatomic pathology & clinical pathology in Tucson
- Guadalupe ManriquezTucson$1.4M
- Ghassan TraneshTucson$1M
- Michael LynchTucson$833K
- Bharathi VennapusaTucson$419K
- Judith PughTucson$283K
- Peter BanksTucson$264K
- Jennifer ThornTucson$233K
- Carlos CantuTucson$8K
- Qinglong HuTucson$6K
- Thomas GroganTucson$6K
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.