Avanos Medical
Reporting payments is a legal requirement; large totals often reflect large product portfolios.
$7.7Mgeneral payments (2019-2025)
$485Kresearch payments (2019-2025)
15,552clinicians paid
General and research payments are shown separately, never blended. Research payments are often institution-directed and tied to clinical trials.
General payments by year
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Research payments are totaled above and not included in these bars.
Products most associated with its payments
- On-Q $658K associated (2023-2025)
- Coolief* Cooled Radiofrequency $472K associated (2023-2025)
- Cooled Rfa $323K associated (2023-2025)
- Coolief $262K associated (2023-2025)
- On-Q* Pump and Accessories $178K associated (2023-2025)
- Generator $145K associated (2023-2025)
- On-Q Pump and Accessories $93K associated (2023-2025)
- Mic-Key $83K associated (2023-2025)
- Coolief Cooled Radiofrequency $23K associated (2023-2025)
- Pnb and Accessories $20K associated (2023-2025)
- Trivisc Sodium Hyaluronate $15K associated (2023-2025)
- Standard Rf Disposables $15K associated (2023-2025)
Specialties it works with most
Clinicians with the largest reported totals
Often long-running consulting, speaking, or advisory relationships, which companies must report by law. A large total is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | General payments (2019-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Stephens | Southlake, TX | Interventional Pain Medicine | $424,009.06 |
| Brian Schmutzler | Indianapolis, IN | Anesthesiology | $375,983.58 |
| Maxim Eckmann | San Antonio, TX | Anesthesiology | $266,489.36 |
| Sandeep Amin | Chicago, IL | Interventional Pain Medicine | $262,171.79 |
| David Auyong | Seattle, WA | Anesthesiology | $255,519.46 |
| Mitchell Fingerman | Saint Louis, MO | Anesthesiology | $226,843.51 |
| Daniel Matthews | Daphne, AL | Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) | $182,085.25 |
| Rany Abdallah | Bear, DE | Pain Medicine | $144,880.31 |
| Alaa Abd-Elsayed | Madison, WI | Pain Medicine | $142,515.39 |
| Rajiv Tewari | Fishers, IN | Pain Medicine | $130,216.71 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.