Kianoush Banaei Kashani, MD
Nephrology · Rochester, MNNPI 1518917277
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.1%), speaking fees and other — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 45.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,087 and has fallen 82.6% since, to $2,108 in 2025. Among nephrology clinicians in MN 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 17 payments — averaging $1100.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$8K
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$5K
- Vantive US Healthcare LLC$2K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Biomerieux Inc$1K
- Medtronic$350
Across 43 payments — averaging $5458.08 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.
- Novartis$95K
- Exthera Medical Corporation$69K
- Astute Medical, Inc.$64K
- Biofire Diagnostics, LLC$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,05059%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,21528%
- Travel & lodging$6934%
- Food & beverage$2892%
- Other$1,4608%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $8,463 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 5 | $5,276 |
| Vantive US Healthcare LLC | 3 | $2,108 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $1,460 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $1,050 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $350 |
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.
- Renal - Acute$10,279
- Tryvio$5,140
- (1439) HPM Undiv$1,460
- NEPHROCHECK TEST$1,050
How this compares
$18,707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 208 nephrology providers in Minnesota.
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 nephrology in Rochester
- Neera DahlRochester$102K
- Fernando FervenzaRochester$102K
- Nelson LeungRochester$32K
- John LieskeRochester$31K
- Leticia RolonRochester$30K
- Nattawat KlomjitRochester$25K
- Ladan ZandRochester$25K
- Marie HoganRochester$19K
- Aleksandra KuklaRochester$12K
- Vicente TorresRochester$10K
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.