Rano Faltas, MD
Anesthesiology · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1992060891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,012 of the $9,047 with a category attached, or 77.5%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 28.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,244 and has fallen 72.4% since, to $618 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MN 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 231 payments — averaging $39.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$900
- Boston Scientific$838
- Nevro Corp.$820
- Medtronic$795
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$643
- plus $2K from 22 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $5468.64 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.
- Abbott$27K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,99522%
- Food & beverage$7,01278%
- Education$400%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 89 | $2,573 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $900 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $838 |
| Nevro Corp. | 18 | $820 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $795 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 12 | $643 |
| Stryker | 2 | $529 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $436 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $337 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 10 | $276 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 10 | $145 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $105 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $88 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $58 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $53 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $51 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $49 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $30 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- Intracept$2,146
- Proclaim DRG IPG$582
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$453
- Senza$297
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$287
- PROCLAIM$263
- SPRINT PNS System$256
- Omnia$247
- Proclaim IPG$221
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$149
- Prospera$120
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$119
- VenaSeal$118
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$115
- Evoke SCS$114
How this compares
$9,047 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 736 anesthesiology 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 186 | $2,157 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 182 | $1,036 |
| Pregabalin | 63 | $801 |
| Methocarbamol | 36 | $791 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 105 | $757 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $707 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 55 | $558 |
| Methylprednisolone | 66 | $477 |
| Cephalexin | 73 | $437 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 45 | $305 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 28 | $304 |
| Topiramate | 31 | $265 |
| Baclofen | 28 | $260 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 23 | $224 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 18 | $193 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Minneapolis
- Jacob HutchinsMinneapolis$1M
- Aaron BergMinneapolis$421K
- Tjorvi PerryMinneapolis$123K
- Roberto Blanco DuarteMinneapolis$23K
- Larry LindenbaumMinneapolis$17K
- Michael ShermanMinneapolis$17K
- Richard PrielippMinneapolis$14K
- Ratan BanikMinneapolis$8K
- Daniel LotzMinneapolis$8K
- Gregory SimelgorMinneapolis$3K
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.