RxDoctor Payments Data

Gregory Hammer

Anesthesiology · Stanford, CANPI 1396885455

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Trevena, Inc. at 34.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,900 and has fallen 85.8% since, to $1,125 in 2023. Among anesthesiology clinicians in CA 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.

$14,428in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 17 payments — averaging $848.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Trevena, Inc.$5K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$5K
  • Merck$3K
  • Baxter Healthcare$850
  • Acacia Pharma Inc$126
$1,842,698in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 271 payments — averaging $6799.63 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.

  • Merck$848K
  • Acacia Pharma Inc$355K
  • Pfizer$269K
  • Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$154K
  • Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$138K
  • Masimo Corporation$75K
  • plus $4K from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,60039%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$7,25050%
  • Travel & lodging$1,1408%
  • Food & beverage$4373%

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
Trevena, Inc.2$5,024
Edwards Lifesciences4$5,000
Merck8$3,427
Baxter Healthcare2$850
Acacia Pharma Inc1$126

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

$14,428 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,717 anesthesiology providers in California.

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