Albert Gros, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Opelousas, LANPI 1457395832
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 41.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,366 and has fallen 78.4% since, to $727 in 2025.
Across 109 payments — averaging $74.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$1K
- Stryker$1K
- VGI Medical, LLC$267
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$170
- plus $833 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,36641%
- Food & beverage$4,75059%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $3,374 |
| Abbott | 37 | $1,237 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $1,125 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,109 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 1 | $267 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $170 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $164 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 2 | $136 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $90 |
| Merck | 4 | $68 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $51 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$1,075
- Iovera$966
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$892
- PROCLAIM$415
- VerteLoc$267
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$172
- Evoke SCS$167
- Proclaim IPG$146
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$127
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$124
- SYNCHROMEDII$119
- SUPERION$109
- Intracept$102
How this compares
$8,116 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 57 interventional pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 754 | $17,578 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 371 | $11,509 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 12 | $11,063 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 509 | $10,450 |
| Gabapentin | 350 | $3,690 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 361 | $2,471 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 87 | $1,539 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 197 | $1,138 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 106 | $1,053 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 73 | $993 |
| Pregabalin | 68 | $932 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 27 | $537 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 14 | $527 |
| Methocarbamol | 79 | $487 |
| Butalbital-Acetaminophen-CaffeButalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine | 20 | $378 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Opelousas
- Stephen WybleOpelousas$3K
- Maged GuirguisNew Orleans$565K
- Suneil JollyKenner$107K
- John CefaluShreveport$71K
- Steve LeeSlidell$57K
- William WhyteShreveport$39K
- Paul HubbellMetairie$33K
- Ken EhrhardtHammond$22K
- Thomas BerryLacombe$21K
- Randall BrewerShreveport$19K
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.