Steven Ganzel, DO
Pain Medicine · Lexington, KYNPI 1265615546
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,336 of the $2,029 with a category attached, or 65.8%. Boston Scientific accounts for 79.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $957 and has fallen 90.3% since, to $93 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $3,535.
Across 22 payments — averaging $92.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$189
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$110
- Abbott$37
- Nevro Corp.$35
- Avanos Medical$23
- plus $13 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$69334%
- Food & beverage$1,33666%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $1,622 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $189 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $110 |
| Abbott | 2 | $37 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $35 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Si-bone, 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.
How this compares
$2,029 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 90 pain medicine 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 pain medicine in Lexington
- Christopher MallardLexington$47K
- Mazhar RasulLexington$30K
- Stuart CowleyLexington$19K
- Michael HarnedLexington$17K
- Luis VascelloLexington$17K
- Shawn MilburnLexington$17K
- Brandon GishLexington$13K
- Timothy MimsLexington$11K
- Manoochehr MazloomdoostLexington$8K
- Maged FamLexington$7K
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.