Robert Fisher, DO
Anesthesiology · Columbia, MONPI 1932165487
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $683 of the $1,083 with a category attached, or 63.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Verathon Inc. at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $486 and has fallen 71.6% since, to $138 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 29 payments — averaging $37.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Verathon Inc.$400
- Merck$203
- Edwards Lifesciences$118
- Avanos Medical$110
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$53
- BD$39
- plus $160 from 8 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $3582.71 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.
- Merck$39K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40037%
- Food & beverage$68363%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Verathon Inc. | 1 | $400 |
| Merck | 11 | $203 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $118 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $110 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| BD | 1 | $39 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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
$1,083 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 891 anesthesiology providers in Missouri.
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 Columbia
- Bradford CardonellColumbia$440K
- Jason BarnesColumbia$6K
- Jordan CruzColumbia$4K
- Mark CohenColumbia$2K
- Michael BrownColumbia$1K
- Christopher BeuerSaint Louis$905K
- Mitchell FingermanSaint Louis$229K
- Evan KharaschSaint Louis$57K
- Terri MonkSaint Louis$42K
- Quoc DangSaint Louis$29K
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.