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Gregory Schears, MD

Anesthesiology · Rochester, MNNPI 1861472052

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $295,103 of the $395,438 with a category attached, or 74.6%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Potrero Medical, Inc. at 25.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $125,723 and has fallen 84.7% since, to $19,290 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MN 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.

$395,438in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 156 payments — averaging $2534.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Potrero Medical, Inc.$101K
  • Medline Industries LP$92K
  • Bard Access Systems, Inc.$49K
  • Verathon Inc.$41K
  • Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$24K
  • BD$18K
  • plus $70K from 15 others
$14,509in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 2 payments — averaging $7254.50 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.

  • Medline Industries LP$15K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$295,10375%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$55,41414%
  • Travel & lodging$41,59411%
  • Food & beverage$3,1461%
  • Education$160%
  • Gifts$390%
  • Entertainment$1270%

General payments by program year

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25

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
Potrero Medical, Inc.2$101,119
Medline Industries LP57$92,021
Bard Access Systems, Inc.28$49,232
Verathon Inc.3$41,016
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.6$24,140
BD13$18,388
Davol Inc.2$17,900
B. Braun Medical Inc.17$16,394
Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.7$10,517
Accuvein Inc.1$8,693
Maquet Cardiopulmonary GmbH6$7,873
Sitesaver Inc.1$3,500
ECS OPCO 1 LLC1$1,920
Interrad Medical, Inc.2$1,120
B. Braun Melsungen AG3$945
Baxter Healthcare1$350
Getinge USA Sales, LLC2$92
Access Vascular Inc1$88
Radiometer America, Inc1$75
Terumo BCT, Inc.1$41
Merck1$16

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

$395,438 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 736 anesthesiology providers in Minnesota.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$2,405
Medicare patients
15
Services billed
15

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.

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