Ajay Antony, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Gainesville, FLNPI 1770875700
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.7% of the total. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in FL 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 1,464 payments — averaging $721.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$377K
- Abbott$269K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$229K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$66K
- Painteq LLC$48K
- IZI Medical Products, LLC$22K
- plus $45K from 21 others
Across 353 payments — averaging $2331.81 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$421K
- Abbott$242K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$84K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$41K
- Painteq LLC$13K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$12K
- plus $10K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$498,60647%
- Speaking & faculty fees$405,90938%
- Travel & lodging$91,0249%
- Food & beverage$34,2573%
- Education$26,4153%
- Entertainment$250%
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 | 489 | $377,120 |
| Abbott | 551 | $268,962 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 153 | $229,364 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 92 | $66,118 |
| Painteq LLC | 52 | $47,814 |
| IZI Medical Products, LLC | 1 | $22,250 |
| Stryker | 18 | $18,521 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 13 | $8,407 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 8 | $5,713 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $4,125 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $2,397 |
| MML US, Inc. | 11 | $2,257 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 14 | $1,048 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $561 |
| Nevro Corp. | 20 | $444 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 4 | $288 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $243 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $190 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $99 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $87 |
| Amgen | 3 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Evoke$166,861
- SUPERION$115,459
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$99,307
- PROCLAIM$78,179
- mild Device Kit$73,879
- Evoke SCS$60,441
- PAINTEQ$47,380
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$46,631
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$39,556
- VERIFLEX$27,400
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$26,775
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$24,840
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$23,189
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$22,705
- Proclaim DRG IPG$20,141
- Proclaim IPG$19,448
- IonicRF Generator$12,700
- SPINEJACK$9,500
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$9,451
- Superion ISS$8,234
How this compares
$1,056,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 278 interventional pain medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 167 | $5,118 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 141 | $3,840 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 153 | $2,609 |
| Gabapentin | 57 | $625 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $187 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $130 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $118 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Gainesville
- Jesse LipnickGainesville$38K
- Louis RasoJupiter$1.3M
- Michael EspositoVero Beach$777K
- Nomen AzeemRiverview$650K
- Stanley GolovacMerritt Island$367K
- Sunil PanchalLutz$363K
- Robert BallPort Charlotte$246K
- Justin MannJacksonville$243K
- Giuseppe PaeseBoca Raton$180K
- Miguel de la GarzaNew Port Richey$138K
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.