Anita Somani, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Columbus, OHNPI 1255387635
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.6%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 40.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $50,397 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $163 in 2024. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in OH 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 174 payments — averaging $531.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$38K
- Avanos Medical$36K
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$257
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,98036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$32,56535%
- Travel & lodging$9,16410%
- Food & beverage$5,8026%
- Education$12,01513%
- Gifts$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 61 | $37,791 |
| Avanos Medical | 39 | $36,130 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $13,982 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,611 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $1,212 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 8 | $257 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $248 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $227 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $153 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $141 |
| Tesaro, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 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.
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$33,905
- Orilissa$33,062
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,896
- ORIAHNN$13,308
- ON-Q$1,665
- Enseal$1,403
- UPSYLON$960
- SONATA SONOGRAPHY-GUIDED TRANSCERVICAL FIBROID ABLATION SYSTEM$156
- ZEJULA$125
- Veozah$125
- Myosure$123
- NovaSure$123
- SURGICEL Family of Absorbable Hemostats$117
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$117
- Axonics r-SNM System$115
- Uterine Manipulators & Injectors$100
How this compares
$92,541 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,376 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 46 | $2,746 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly)Estradiol | 13 | $1,261 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Columbus
- Erin OlahColumbus$97K
- David PortmanColumbus$94K
- Andrew BokorColumbus$35K
- Steven BalaloskiColumbus$20K
- Milroy SamuelColumbus$17K
- Shivkamini SomasundaramColumbus$16K
- Rachel GilmanColumbus$11K
- Leah AdkinsColumbus$11K
- Samir AhujaMentor$430K
- Burton BrodskySylvania$202K
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.