Arielle Kanters, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1427494897
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 56 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 25.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,648, more than ten times the $104 reported in 2021.
Across 56 payments — averaging $68.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$982
- Johnson & Johnson$710
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$436
- Intuitive Surgical$377
- Innovation Technologies Inc$308
- Baxter Healthcare$280
- plus $750 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,842100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 15 | $982 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $710 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $436 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $377 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $308 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $280 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $229 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $118 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $87 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Lumendi LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Irrisept$308
- Da Vinci Surgical System$236
- TISSEEL$232
- INTERSTIM$229
- Signia$170
- Echelon Circular$140
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$137
- CONTOUR$127
- LigaSure$127
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$123
- Axonics$118
How this compares
$3,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 101 colon & rectal surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neomycin Sulfate | 14 | $42 |
| Metronidazole | 15 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in Cleveland
- Vincent ObiasCleveland$124K
- David RosenCleveland$102K
- Jean AshburnCleveland$81K
- Anna SpivakCleveland$54K
- Scott SteeleCleveland$28K
- Michael LiuCleveland$18K
- Conor DelaneyCleveland$16K
- Stefan HolubarCleveland$12K
- David DietzCleveland$11K
- Haniee ChungCleveland$11K
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.