Ghassan Kanazi, MD
Anesthesiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1669664538
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 80 payments — averaging $112.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$2K
- MML US, Inc.$1K
- Curonix LLC$627
- Globus Medical$540
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$319
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,68830%
- Food & beverage$6,29770%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $3,541 |
| Abbott | 9 | $1,572 |
| MML US, Inc. | 6 | $1,266 |
| Curonix LLC | 4 | $627 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $540 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $319 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $286 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $143 |
| Vertex | 2 | $69 |
| Stryker | 2 | $51 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $46 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $42 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,934
- ReActiv8$1,236
- PROCLAIM$963
- Senza$614
- ETERNA$600
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$568
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$427
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$347
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$332
- Intracept$295
- Evoke SCS$175
- SUPERION$146
- Omnia$146
- SPRINT PNS System$144
- Evoke$144
- mild Device Kit$141
How this compares
$8,985 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 468 | $6,777 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 235 | $5,935 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 205 | $4,811 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 15 | $4,572 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $3,469 |
| Buprenorphine | 22 | $3,433 |
| Pregabalin | 133 | $3,014 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 202 | $2,578 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 65 | $1,183 |
| Baclofen | 80 | $871 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $748 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 36 | $647 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 22 | $627 |
| Fentanyl | 12 | $622 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 94 | $560 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Cleveland
- Daniel SesslerCleveland$2.2M
- Mehmet TuranCleveland$1.2M
- Sabry AyadCleveland$851K
- Andra DuncanCleveland$748K
- Wael SaasouhCleveland$291K
- Kurt RuetzlerCleveland$257K
- Ehab FaragCleveland$226K
- Melinda LawrenceCleveland$217K
- Luis TollincheCleveland$215K
- Edwin AveryCleveland$194K
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.