James Ducanto, MD
Anesthesiology · Milwaukee, WINPI 1861475790
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,525 of the $12,081 with a category attached, or 95.4%. Verathon Inc. accounts for 80.3% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,784 and has fallen 50.3% since, to $3,369 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in WI 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 8 payments — averaging $1510.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Verathon Inc.$10K
- Ambu A/s$2K
- Conmed Corporation$164
- Avanos Medical$129
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$125
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$109
- plus $30 from 1 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $111,821 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.
- Verathon Inc.$112K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,52595%
- Food & beverage$5565%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Verathon Inc. | 2 | $9,705 |
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $1,820 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $164 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $129 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $109 |
| Cook Research Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
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.
- Video Laryngoscope$6,625
- Video Laryngoscope & Bronchoscope$3,080
- AIRSEAL$164
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$129
- FIBRYGA$125
- EXPAREL$109
How this compares
$12,081 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 960 anesthesiology providers in Wisconsin.
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 Milwaukee
- Jens KrombachMilwaukee$24K
- Jesse EhrenfeldMilwaukee$21K
- Lai KuangMilwaukee$14K
- Christopher YoppMilwaukee$13K
- Nosheen HasanMilwaukee$9K
- Marc EisemanMilwaukee$8K
- Justin KoMilwaukee$7K
- Dongyuan ChengMilwaukee$6K
- Hemanckur MakkerMilwaukee$6K
- Chenyang ZhangMilwaukee$6K
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.