Richard Sheu, MD
Anesthesiology · Seattle, WANPI 1235459454
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,974 of the $21,160 with a category attached, or 66.0%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Verathon Inc. at 41.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,925, 2.2 times the $2,700 reported in 2019. Among anesthesiology clinicians in WA 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 59 payments — averaging $358.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Verathon Inc.$9K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- plus $50 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,97466%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,3756%
- Travel & lodging$4,19320%
- Food & beverage$1,6188%
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. | 8 | $8,700 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 4 | $3,525 |
| Abbott | 26 | $3,257 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 4 | $3,124 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $1,420 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $1,084 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
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$3,375
- TRICLIP$2,424
- ACUSON Origin Diagnostic Ultrasound System$1,650
- ACUSON Sequoia Diagnostic Ultrasound System$1,375
- NEO$1,200
- Bronchoscope$1,125
- SONOSITE LX$800
- IGT Devices Und$609
- SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM$599
- GLIDESCOPE$500
- SC2000$500
- HYDRA TEST$500
- B Flex$500
- (9124) LM Undivided$165
- MitraClip$162
- EPIQ 7C$150
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$129
How this compares
$21,160 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,206 anesthesiology providers in Washington.
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 Seattle
- David AuyongSeattle$284K
- Lucy HostetterSeattle$96K
- Georg MackensenSeattle$81K
- Ata-Ul RahmanSeattle$59K
- Cong YuSeattle$56K
- Deborah MerrillSeattle$37K
- David StoutSeattle$31K
- Wenyu PanSeattle$25K
- Nicholas KassebaumSeattle$23K
- Srdjan JelacicSeattle$16K
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.