Brian Klagges, MD
Anesthesiology · Nashua, NHNPI 1942278403
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $39,663 of the $47,750 with a category attached, or 83.1%. Boston Scientific accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $19,619 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $476 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in NH 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 138 payments — averaging $346.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$45K
- Abbott$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$421
- Painteq LLC$258
- AbbVie$99
- Nevro Corp.$85
- plus $261 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,6003%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,66383%
- Travel & lodging$1,8104%
- Food & beverage$4,2159%
- Education$4621%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 88 | $44,816 |
| Abbott | 24 | $1,810 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 5 | $421 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $258 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $99 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $85 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $63 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $34 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
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.
- SUPERION$24,449
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$13,245
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$4,688
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$626
- Axium INS DRG IPG$444
- Superion ISS$377
- ETERNA$317
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$156
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$142
- PAINTEQ$139
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$128
- Octrode SCS Leads$126
- PRODIGY$113
How this compares
$47,750 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 237 anesthesiology providers in New Hampshire.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 16 | $261 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $245 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $174 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $144 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $123 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 31 | $115 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $106 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $86 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $23 |
| Diazepam | 16 | $21 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Nashua
- Joseph HyattNashua$2K
- Syed RazviNashua$2K
- Gabriela CalhounNashua$909
- Gary FriedmanNashua$498
- Jose Ossa-ConchaNashua$353
- Chun-Huai ChaoNashua$294
- Michael PedroNashua$280
- Scott LauerNashua$207
- Alex DresslerBedford$20K
- Rafael VazquezSalem$16K
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.