Brian Cho, MD
Anesthesiology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1194068965
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.8%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Haemonetics Corporation accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $22,079, more than ten times the $556 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MD 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 47 payments — averaging $1206.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Haemonetics Corporation$56K
- Baxter Healthcare$411
- Axogen$225
- Convatec Inc.$175
- AbbVie$148
- KCI USA, Inc.$123
- plus $83 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,42545%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,80012%
- Travel & lodging$22,73340%
- Food & beverage$1,7363%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haemonetics Corporation | 30 | $55,529 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $411 |
| Axogen | 2 | $225 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $175 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $148 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $42 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
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.
- TEG6s HEMOSTASIS SYSTEM$49,056
- TEG5000 Hemostasis Analyzer$32,029
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$225
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$225
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$225
- NATRELLE$148
- No Related Product$124
- PREVENA$123
- VAC VERAFLO$123
- ARTISS$118
How this compares
$56,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 953 anesthesiology providers in Maryland.
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 anesthesiology in Baltimore
- Peter PronovostBaltimore$608K
- Jackie MartinBaltimore$81K
- Reney HendersonBaltimore$63K
- Nadia HensleyBaltimore$16K
- Eric ShepardBaltimore$16K
- Aneesh GoelBaltimore$14K
- James AbernathyBaltimore$11K
- Robert StevensBaltimore$10K
- Akhil RastogiBaltimore$9K
- Jennifer HarrisBaltimore$8K
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.