Michael Tollette, MD
Anesthesiology · Kansas City, KSNPI 1891057196
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,362 of the $6,373 with a category attached, or 68.5%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 34.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,055 and has fallen 89.4% since, to $431 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in KS 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 118 payments — averaging $54.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$592
- Painteq LLC$161
- Medtronic$120
- plus $352 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,01032%
- Food & beverage$4,36268%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 26 | $2,168 |
| Boston Scientific | 58 | $1,559 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 8 | $1,419 |
| Abbott | 10 | $592 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $161 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $120 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $97 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $44 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,406
- Superion ISS$1,193
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$221
- PAINTEQ$161
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$154
- Omnia$135
- Proclaim IPG$123
How this compares
$6,373 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 337 anesthesiology providers in Kansas.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 193 | $2,239 |
| Pregabalin | 103 | $2,022 |
| Celecoxib | 48 | $1,180 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $901 |
| Methocarbamol | 66 | $732 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 56 | $563 |
| Baclofen | 40 | $561 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 40 | $314 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $202 |
| Meloxicam | 80 | $200 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $187 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 12 | $120 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Kansas City
- Richard UhlenhoppKansas City$16K
- Timothy SowderKansas City$13K
- Susheel GovindanKansas City$10K
- Anthony KovacKansas City$8K
- Andrew SackKansas City$5K
- Jared StaabKansas City$4K
- Joel GrigsbyKansas City$2K
- Kelsey GustafsonKansas City$1K
- Taylor CarterKansas City$1K
- Sajjan GayamKansas City$1K
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.