Gordon Collins, MD
Anesthesiology · Knoxville, TNNPI 1184649352
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,060 of the $1,421 with a category attached, or 74.6%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,009 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $245 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 39 payments — averaging $36.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$724
- Boston Scientific$363
- Edwards Lifesciences$253
- Abiomed$39
- Novo Nordisk$15
- Covidien LP$14
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$36125%
- Food & beverage$1,06075%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 12 | $724 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $363 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $253 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $39 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 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.
- PASCAL$144
How this compares
$1,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 772 anesthesiology providers in Tennessee.
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 Knoxville
- Paul LeskoKnoxville$17K
- Che SollaKnoxville$7K
- John TaylorKnoxville$3K
- Phillip HaggertyKnoxville$2K
- Samuel McIlrathKnoxville$1K
- Phillip MitchellKnoxville$1K
- Jeffery BalserNashville$952K
- Matthew WeingerNashville$54K
- Michael StabileNashville$37K
- Timothy HutchisonJackson$27K
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.