Brian Vaughan, MD
Anesthesiology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1386630119
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $103,669 of the $114,973 with a category attached, or 90.2%. Avanos Medical accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $70,185 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $151 in 2025. Among anesthesiology 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 74 payments — averaging $1553.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanos Medical$115K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$116
- GE HealthCare$23
- Merck$21
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$18
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$180%
- Speaking & faculty fees$103,66990%
- Travel & lodging$9,5728%
- Food & beverage$1,7151%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | 69 | $114,794 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $116 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 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.
- ON-Q$110,647
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$3,647
- PNB AND ACCESSORIES$137
- EXPAREL$116
How this compares
$114,973 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,623 anesthesiology 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.
Other anesthesiology in Cincinnati
- Marcus LehmanCincinnati$30K
- Calvin FengCincinnati$26K
- Adil QarniCincinnati$9K
- Ankit PatelCincinnati$5K
- Sabry AyadCleveland$427K
- Sergio BergeseColumbus$288K
- Edwin AveryCleveland$194K
- Hesham ElsharkawyCleveland$189K
- Basem AbdelmalakCleveland$147K
- Daniel SesslerCleveland$140K
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.