Robert Yong, MD
Anesthesiology · Boston, MANPI 1205002144
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $161,361 of the $231,421 with a category attached, or 69.7%. Medtronic accounts for 62.0% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among anesthesiology clinicians in MA 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 625 payments — averaging $370.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$144K
- Abbott$21K
- Nevro Corp.$20K
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$12K
- AbbVie$10K
- plus $12K from 20 others
Across 73 payments — averaging $3112.68 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.
- Boston Scientific$185K
- Medtronic$20K
- Abbott$16K
- MML US, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,14915%
- Speaking & faculty fees$161,36170%
- Travel & lodging$13,8586%
- Food & beverage$20,8909%
- Education$1630%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 240 | $143,583 |
| Abbott | 66 | $20,727 |
| Nevro Corp. | 43 | $20,124 |
| Boston Scientific | 124 | $12,617 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 37 | $11,990 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $10,029 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $7,265 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 6 | $1,177 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 24 | $1,013 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 12 | $617 |
| MML US, Inc. | 15 | $404 |
| Vertex | 4 | $386 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $236 |
| Painteq LLC | 5 | $188 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $160 |
| Stryker | 5 | $146 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $142 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $121 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $117 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $99 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$48,046
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$34,772
- INTELLIS$19,460
- PROCLAIM$12,446
- Senza$12,081
- RESTORE$11,007
- Prospera$10,922
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$8,787
- SYNCHROMED$7,478
- Neural Ice$7,200
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$6,600
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$5,005
- Omnia$3,905
- ADAPTIVESTIM$3,540
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$3,489
- Inflate FX$1,540
- RESTORESENSORSURESCAN$1,305
- Nimbus$1,046
- Evoke$809
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$605
How this compares
$231,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,585 anesthesiology providers in Massachusetts.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 36 | $23,553 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 17 | $20,043 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 19 | $17,932 |
| Buprenorphine | 12 | $6,233 |
| Gabapentin | 217 | $5,198 |
| Lidocaine | 54 | $4,562 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 143 | $2,961 |
| Baclofen | 96 | $2,927 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 107 | $2,129 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 45 | $1,885 |
| Pregabalin | 80 | $1,733 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $863 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 19 | $803 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 97 | $796 |
| Methadone Hcl | 37 | $709 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Boston
- Douglas ShookBoston$267K
- Michael DambraBoston$194K
- Robert TruogBoston$172K
- Mary Ellen McCannBoston$140K
- Stanton ShernanBoston$136K
- Edgar RossBoston$129K
- Sadeq QuraishiBoston$107K
- James PhilipBoston$56K
- Feroze Ud Din MahmoodBoston$51K
- Daniel TalmorBoston$48K
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.