Chase Wehrle
Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1962081141
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.8%), other and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Histosonics, Inc. accounts for 99.2% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $739,282, more than ten times the $30 reported in 2021. Among surgery 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 29 payments — averaging $25,564 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Histosonics, Inc.$735K
- Novo Nordisk$5K
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.$476
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$272
- Johnson & Johnson$235
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$175
- plus $300 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$406,13255%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,5931%
- Travel & lodging$12,2212%
- Food & beverage$2,4030%
- Other$315,99443%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Histosonics, Inc. | 10 | $735,254 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $4,631 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $476 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $272 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $235 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $175 |
| Intera Oncology, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Organox Ltd | 2 | $97 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $30 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Wegovy$4,593
- HemoBlast Bellows$452
- INTEGRA$446
- INTERA$150
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$149
- PRIMATRIX$149
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$133
- STRATAFIX$102
- EVARREST$102
How this compares
$741,344 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 988 surgery providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 18 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Cleveland
- Raymond OndersCleveland$1.2M
- Neilendu KunduCleveland$808K
- Craig JarrettCleveland$622K
- Ihya GorgunCleveland$527K
- Gareth Morris-StiffCleveland$250K
- Alan SaberCleveland$204K
- Eren BerberCleveland$191K
- Leena KhaitanCleveland$187K
- Ali AminianCleveland$147K
- Karem HarthCleveland$115K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.