Rainer Lenhardt, MD
Anesthesiology · Louisville, KYNPI 1528036480
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $301,324 of the $397,755 with a category attached, or 75.8%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by CSL Behring at 59.4% of the total. Among anesthesiology clinicians in KY 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 448 payments — averaging $887.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Behring$236K
- Merck$82K
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$32K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$29K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$8K
- Trevena, Inc.$8K
- plus $3K from 15 others
Across 65 payments — averaging $2437.39 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$131K
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,3644%
- Speaking & faculty fees$301,32476%
- Grants$1,5000%
- Travel & lodging$71,24218%
- Food & beverage$9,2512%
- Education$740%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CSL Behring | 225 | $236,189 |
| Merck | 100 | $82,154 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 45 | $32,306 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 23 | $28,723 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 19 | $7,793 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 10 | $7,582 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $1,512 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $361 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $225 |
| Vertex | 2 | $166 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $131 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 1 | $125 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $114 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 2 | $75 |
| ZOLL Medical Corporation | 1 | $59 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Draeger Medical Systems, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lidco Group PLC | 1 | $11 |
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
$397,755 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 514 anesthesiology providers in Kentucky.
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 Louisville
- Laura ClarkLouisville$168K
- Richard MorrisLouisville$58K
- Jiapeng HuangLouisville$39K
- Blake EvansLouisville$33K
- Robert LiuLouisville$14K
- Harini ChennaLouisville$12K
- Patrick ShanahanLouisville$12K
- Alexander SinofskyLouisville$11K
- Stamatis BaronosLouisville$9K
- Randall CampbellLouisville$5K
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.