Kurt Ruetzler, MD
Anesthesiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1225406689
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,968 of the $24,088 with a category attached, or 95.4%. Verathon Inc. accounts for 95.4% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among anesthesiology clinicians in OH 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 7 payments — averaging $3441.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Verathon Inc.$23K
- Delcath Systems$1K
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$16
Across 11 payments — averaging $21,931 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$167K
- Covidien LP$74K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,96895%
- Travel & lodging$9284%
- Food & beverage$1921%
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. | 3 | $22,968 |
| Delcath Systems | 3 | $1,104 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $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.
- Video Laryngoscope$12,681
- Video Laryngoscope & Bronchoscope$9,500
- Hepzato Kit$1,104
- Bronchoscope$787
How this compares
$24,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,623 anesthesiology providers in Ohio.
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 Cleveland
- Sabry AyadCleveland$427K
- Edwin AveryCleveland$194K
- Hesham ElsharkawyCleveland$189K
- Basem AbdelmalakCleveland$147K
- Daniel SesslerCleveland$140K
- Andrew ShawCleveland$112K
- Michael SmithCleveland$75K
- Adi CosicCleveland$57K
- Sameam ShahrestaniCleveland$57K
- Peter SchoenwaldCleveland$55K
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.