RxDoctor Payments Data

Edgar Ross, MD

Anesthesiology · Boston, MANPI 1679538524

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by speaking fees: $96,901 of the $128,990 with a category attached, or 75.1%. Medtronic accounts for 72.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $42,640 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $8,188 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MA 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.

$128,990in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 117 payments — averaging $1102.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$93K
  • Zimmer Biomet$15K
  • Pfizer$11K
  • Vertex$8K
  • Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$1K
  • MML US, Inc.$160
  • plus $166 from 3 others
$247,658in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 75 payments — averaging $3302.11 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Medtronic$186K
  • MML US, Inc.$34K
  • Biotronik Inc.$23K
  • Pfizer$5K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$19,44915%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$96,90175%
  • Travel & lodging$9,6357%
  • Food & beverage$3,0002%
  • Education$50%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic(2 entities)98$93,309
Zimmer Biomet4$15,295
Pfizer2$11,204
Vertex7$7,856
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.1$1,000
MML US, Inc.2$160
SPR Therapeutics, Inc1$116
Abbott1$30
Boston Scientific1$21

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.

How this compares

$128,990 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,585 anesthesiology providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$94,840
Medicare patients
239
Services billed
2,400

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Gabapentin73$831
Pregabalin16$342
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl13$176
Tizanidine Hcl15$141
Baclofen14$134
Meloxicam15$114
Methylprednisolone16$60

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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