Lingzhong Meng, MD
Anesthesiology · Indianapolis, INNPI 1477724086
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $9,084 of the $12,307 with a category attached, or 73.8%. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 51.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,705 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $18 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in IN 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 31 payments — averaging $397.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Covidien LP$6K
- Teleflex LLC$18
Across 22 payments — averaging $8713.55 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$192K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,08474%
- Travel & lodging$2,38119%
- Food & beverage$8427%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 21 | $6,309 |
| Covidien LP | 9 | $5,980 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
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
$12,307 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,203 anesthesiology providers in Indiana.
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 Indianapolis
- Brian SchmutzlerIndianapolis$384K
- Louis BojrabIndianapolis$130K
- Stephen StitleIndianapolis$109K
- Lucas MitchelIndianapolis$61K
- David AdamsIndianapolis$19K
- Joseph RichardsonIndianapolis$15K
- Michael NeedIndianapolis$9K
- Adam EllisIndianapolis$8K
- Joseph LafnitzeggerIndianapolis$6K
- Adam CampIndianapolis$4K
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.