George Gellert, MD
Anesthesiology · Prescott, AZNPI 1356312185
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $725,827 of the $1,013,288 with a category attached, or 71.6%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 57.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $343,879 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $2,180 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in AZ 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 969 payments — averaging $1045.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$582K
- Medtronic$147K
- Edwards Lifesciences$119K
- Abbott$107K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$34K
- GE HealthCare$22K
- plus $999 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$170,43017%
- Speaking & faculty fees$725,82772%
- Travel & lodging$99,42110%
- Food & beverage$17,4112%
- Education$1990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 292 | $582,476 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 157 | $146,682 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 251 | $119,374 |
| Abbott | 164 | $106,957 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 62 | $34,402 |
| GE HealthCare | 15 | $22,399 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $981 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- Educ Ultrasound$200,763
- US Undivided Serv$137,757
- (7881) Ultrasound Und$125,009
- (1658) Clinical Educ Ultrasound$93,948
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$89,894
- Mitra Clip system$75,787
- CoreValve Evolut$53,275
- Clin Educ US$22,676
- MitraClip$16,545
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$12,976
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$12,033
- MitraClip System$6,921
- SC2000$4,785
- Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve$3,393
- ACUSON SC2000 Diagnostic Ultrasound System$993
- Software and Accessories$259
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$122
- Watchman$116
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$113
How this compares
$1,013,288 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,166 anesthesiology providers in Arizona.
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 Prescott
- Todd BertochPrescott$63K
- Raul CastilloPrescott$8K
- Steven BarkerTucson$471K
- Anita RamaiahScottsdale$193K
- Kevin EvansTucson$91K
- Tyler DunnScottsdale$71K
- Claire KauraGilbert$63K
- Travis WarnerChandler$51K
- Robert ShullScottsdale$40K
- John LeslieScottsdale$28K
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.