Gary Ansel
Interventional Cardiology · Columbus, OHNPI 1932104387
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $2,085,424 of the $3,319,329 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Cook Incorporated accounts for 63.2% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among interventional cardiology 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 626 payments — averaging $5302.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cook Incorporated$2.1M
- Surmodics, Inc.$843K
- Veryan Medical Incorporated$83K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$62K
- Anika Therapeutics, Inc.$50K
- Medtronic$44K
- plus $140K from 22 others
Across 56 payments — averaging $2195.91 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.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$27K
- Intact Vascular, Inc.$25K
- Philips North America LLC$20K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$18K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$15K
- Cook Research Incorporated$12K
- plus $6K from 2 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $1045.50 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Contego Medical, Inc$8K
- Reflow Medical Inc$2K
- Arthrosurface Incorporated$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,085,42463%
- Consulting fees$1,035,78131%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,0701%
- Travel & lodging$81,9802%
- Food & beverage$18,5341%
- Education$1,5430%
- Ownership interest$49,9982%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Incorporated | 30 | $2,097,801 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 330 | $843,226 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 15 | $82,661 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 46 | $61,780 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $49,998 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 67 | $44,083 |
| Boston Scientific | 70 | $40,030 |
| BD | 2 | $24,870 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 13 | $15,879 |
| Access Vascular Inc | 4 | $14,193 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $11,474 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 10 | $8,912 |
| Bayer | 8 | $8,678 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 6 | $7,766 |
| MIVI Neuroscience, Inc. | 2 | $1,543 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $1,500 |
| Contego Medical, Inc | 1 | $1,500 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $1,500 |
| Opsens Inc. | 1 | $750 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $392 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $248 |
| Abbott | 2 | $231 |
| Avinger Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $75 |
| Verge Medical, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$781,342
- Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System$693,519
- Cook Medical Introducers$664,736
- Pounce Thrombectomy$481,257
- PERFORMER$419,145
- Check-Flo$232,919
- Cook Medical Catheters$231,863
- Pounce XL Thrombectomy$149,573
- PROWL Registry$148,730
- Pounce LP Thrombectomy$119,096
- BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System$82,615
- Product in Development$57,924
- Sublime 014 Rx PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter$52,377
- Sublime Microcatheter, 018, 200cm, Straight$51,521
- IN.PACT Admiral$29,835
- LUTONIX$26,370
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$25,532
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$15,039
- ReVene Thrombectomy Catheter$14,336
- HYDROPICC DUAL LUMEN$14,193
How this compares
$3,319,329 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
Other interventional cardiology in Columbus
- John CheathamColumbus$1.4M
- Carlos Sanchez SotoColumbus$1.1M
- Steven YakubovColumbus$907K
- Mitchell SilverColumbus$562K
- John PhillipsColumbus$410K
- Michael JollyColumbus$281K
- Timothy SmithColumbus$149K
- Christopher HuffColumbus$119K
- Joseph CampbellColumbus$114K
- Aref AmroColumbus$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.