Medicare Enrolled

Geoffrey Answini

Vascular Surgery Physician · Cincinnati, OH
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
2123 AUBURN AVE, Cincinnati, OH 45219
5132061170
Registered in NPPES since 2005
NPI: 1043297831 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
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What this data tells you about Answini

Geoffrey Answini is a vascular surgery physician in Cincinnati, OH, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Answini performed 168 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Answini received a total of $56,376 from 32 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 317 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Answini is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years of NPI registration ▲ 168 Medicare services $56,376 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
168
Medicare services
Bottom 17% in OH for vascular surgery physician
Lower Medicare volume may reflect subspecialty focus, hospital-based work, or a higher share of non-Medicare patients.
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$177
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
New patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) 69 $162 $508
Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min)
An office or outpatient visit for an existing patient lasting between 40 and 54 minutes. This level of service is determined by the total time spent on the date of the encounter.
26 $139 $356
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement via femoral artery
A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic heart valve using a catheter inserted through the skin and femoral artery.
17 $594 $3,119
Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)
A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
17 $99 $265
Initial hospital admission, high complexity
Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 75 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
15 $137 $501
Endoscopic vein harvest
A surgical procedure to remove a vein using an endoscope, which is a thin, lighted tube inserted through small incisions.
12 $11 $43
Groin artery exposure for graft delivery
Surgical exposure of the artery in the groin area to allow for the placement or delivery of a graft.
12 $81 $488
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.
10.1% high complexity
0.0% medium
89.9% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$56,376
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $8,054/year across 7 years
Top 4% in OH for vascular surgery physician
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
32
Companies
317
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$8,426
2023
$2,086
2022
$4,804
2021
$2,475
2020
$10,451
2019
$8,208
2018
$19,925

Payments by company (2024)

Medtronic, Inc.
$3,867
Bolton Medical Inc
$1,188
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$1,110
Artivion, Inc.
$1,048
ATRICURE, INC.
$728
ABIOMED
$302
Abbott Laboratories
$71
Teleflex LLC
$61
Getinge USA Sales, LLC
$23
Chiesi USA, Inc.
$16
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$13
Top 3 companies account for 73.2% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$30,208
Medtronic, Inc.
$5,131
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.
$3,857
Bolton Medical Inc
$3,139
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
$2,565
Abbott Laboratories
$2,283
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$1,983
ATRICURE, INC.
$1,672
Artivion, Inc.
$1,451
AtriCure, Inc.
$1,090
Ethicon Inc.
$866
ABIOMED
$734
Silk Road Medical, Inc.
$319
KLS-Martin L.P.
$186
Boston Scientific Corporation
$132
CryoLife, Inc.
$125
CHF Solutions, Inc
$123
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
$72
Teleflex LLC
$61
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
$53
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
$50
Ethicon US, LLC
$45
Getinge USA Sales, LLC
$36
Baxter Healthcare
$35
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
$35
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$26
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C.
$22
Becton, Dickinson and Company
$18
KCI USA, Inc
$16
Chiesi USA, Inc.
$16
LivaNova USA, Inc.
$14
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$13
Top 3 companies account for 69.5% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
3F · ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM · AMDS-Ascyrus Medical · APOLLOTM · ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM · ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM · ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM · AVALUS · Aortic Tissue Valve - Perceval · Aptus Heli-FX · Aquadex · AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System · AtriCure Cryosurgical System · BioGlue · CLEVIPREX · COREVALVE EVOLUT R · COSEAL · Cardiac non-SynerGraft · Concerto · Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis · CoreValve Evolut · ECHELON FLEX Stapler · EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system · EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) · ENDURANT IIS · ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System · EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX · EPIC · EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve · Endurant · Epic Stented Tissue Valve · FLOSEAL · GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART · GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis · GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis · Grafts · HARMONIC Product Family · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev · HeartWare HVAD · INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE · Impella · JETI ALL IN ONE NON-STERILE KIT · LOTUS EDGE · Legacy · MANTA · MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · Monarch Platform · ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER · ONYX FRONTIER · On-X · PENDITURE · Relay Grafts · Relay Plus · Resolute · Reveal LINQ · STERNALOCK · STRATAFIX · SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM · Supera peripheral stent system · THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT · TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM · VAC VERAFLO · VALIANT CAPTIVIA · VASOVIEW · Valiant Captivia · Valiant Navion · Vascular · Vascutek · Virtuosaph · XARELTO · iCAST
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

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County median income
$70,816
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER, LLC
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Answini is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Answini experienced with new patient office visit, complex (60-74 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Answini performed 69 new patient office visit, complex (60-74 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Answini receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Answini received a total of $56,376 from 32 companies across 317 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Answini's costs compare to other vascular surgery physicians in Cincinnati?
Answini's average Medicare payment per service is $177. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Answini) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →