Xiaodong Bao, MD
Anesthesiology · Methuen, MANPI 1194997643
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $6,900 of the $10,301 with a category attached, or 67.0%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 97.0% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,900 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $127 in 2024. 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 27 payments — averaging $381.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$10K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$187
- Medtronic$127
Across 34 payments — averaging $39,514 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.2M
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$128K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,90067%
- Travel & lodging$2,20821%
- Food & beverage$1,19312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 25 | $9,987 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $187 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $127 |
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
$10,301 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.
Other anesthesiology in Methuen
- James StreisandCambridge$380K
- Douglas ShookBoston$267K
- Paula BokeschLexington$244K
- Robert YongBoston$231K
- Michael DambraBoston$194K
- Jasmine PatelWorcester$180K
- Robert TruogBoston$172K
- Mary Ellen McCannBoston$140K
- Stanton ShernanBoston$136K
- Edgar RossBoston$129K
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.