Ajay Vellore, MD
Anesthesiology · Littleton, CONPI 1962796342
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.7% of the total across 301 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 24.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,496 and has fallen 70.5% since, to $737 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in CO 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 301 payments — averaging $35.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Painteq LLC$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$798
- Nevro Corp.$510
- Vertiflex, Inc.$460
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5775%
- Food & beverage$9,92094%
- Education$931%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 89 | $2,632 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $2,263 |
| Painteq LLC | 32 | $1,416 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 12 | $798 |
| Nevro Corp. | 14 | $510 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 12 | $460 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $391 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $320 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $251 |
| Amgen | 5 | $190 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 6 | $169 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $151 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 8 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $112 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $82 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $61 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| USWM, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $32 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $13 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,274
- Evoke$514
- PAINTEQ$313
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$148
- PROTG$142
- ETERNA$140
- PROCLAIM$127
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
- EVENITY$122
- NURTEC ODT$121
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$119
- UBRELVY$108
- Superion ISS$106
How this compares
$10,590 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 921 anesthesiology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 88 | $24,088 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 118 | $4,602 |
| Pregabalin | 40 | $1,448 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $1,381 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 56 | $1,128 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 72 | $1,102 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 74 | $543 |
| Gabapentin | 34 | $489 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 21 | $330 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 16 | $322 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $278 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $262 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $213 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $113 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Littleton
- Jeffrey GonzalesAurora$774K
- Darin RentzLakewood$311K
- John StorheimGrand Junction$145K
- Dennis KotelkoDenver$116K
- Shawn MarshLone Tree$89K
- Giancarlo ChecaEnglewood$89K
- Shawn SnowColorado Springs$75K
- Andrew MortensonColorado Springs$46K
- Robert Carter JonesGreenwood Village$37K
- Adam WeingartEnglewood$26K
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.