Jeffery Balser
Anesthesiology · Nashville, TNNPI 1508958927
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $948,217 of the $952,286 with a category attached, or 99.6%. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. accounts for 81.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among anesthesiology clinicians in TN 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 21 payments — averaging $45,347 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$771K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$181K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$948,217100%
- Travel & lodging$3,7490%
- Food & beverage$3200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 20 | $770,881 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $181,405 |
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.
- Other$258,823
- Radiation Oncology$116,320
How this compares
$952,286 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 772 anesthesiology providers in Tennessee.
Other anesthesiology in Nashville
- Matthew WeingerNashville$54K
- Michael StabileNashville$37K
- Adam KingeterNashville$13K
- Bryan MarascalchiNashville$8K
- Huong leNashville$7K
- Warren SandbergNashville$5K
- Benjamin MacdougallNashville$3K
- William ChangNashville$3K
- Bantayehu SileshiNashville$3K
- Truitt EllisNashville$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.