Ankur Manvar, MD
Pain Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1598025983
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $22,778 of the $33,363 with a category attached, or 68.3%. It is spread thinly across 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.7%. Among pain medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 686 payments — averaging $48.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Nevro Corp.$4K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$4K
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- plus $9K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,7505%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5004%
- Travel & lodging$7,33022%
- Food & beverage$22,77868%
- Education$50%
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 | 238 | $6,894 |
| Boston Scientific | 70 | $4,118 |
| Nevro Corp. | 41 | $3,619 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 31 | $3,525 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 34 | $3,377 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 69 | $3,016 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 24 | $2,794 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $1,767 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 20 | $774 |
| Avanos Medical | 10 | $492 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $377 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $303 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $266 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 19 | $255 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $250 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 11 | $188 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $176 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 9 | $173 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $155 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $140 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $57 |
| Vertex | 2 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $54 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Atland Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $17 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Prolate$10,129
- SPRINT PNS System$2,699
- Nalocet$2,532
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$2,496
- Evoke$2,216
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,854
- iFuse Implant$1,750
- ETERNA$1,624
- PROCLAIM$1,206
- INTELLIS$889
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$522
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$521
- Axium$406
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$369
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$297
- Senza$279
- INCEPTIV$278
- Omnia$267
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$266
- GENERATOR$232
How this compares
$33,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 | 142 | $103,138 |
| HorizantGabapentin Enacarbil | 35 | $35,244 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 42 | $29,996 |
| GraliseGabapentin | 25 | $23,044 |
| Pregabalin | 693 | $18,890 |
| Gabapentin | 734 | $15,810 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 174 | $3,845 |
| Methocarbamol | 160 | $3,156 |
| Lidocaine | 13 | $1,359 |
| Celecoxib | 90 | $1,188 |
| Meloxicam | 308 | $1,079 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 58 | $961 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 27 | $838 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 46 | $619 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 25 | $358 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $377 | $29,99642 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCGralise | $188 | $23,04425 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other pain medicine in Charlotte
- Jacob WangCharlotte$162K
- Aashish KumarCharlotte$160K
- James DeeringCharlotte$93K
- Russell DavenportCharlotte$26K
- Gerald AronoffCharlotte$17K
- Raza KhanCharlotte$12K
- Alexander RothkrugCharlotte$10K
- Cameron CunninghamCharlotte$8K
- James NorthWinston Salem$721K
- Leonardo KapuralWinston Salem$523K
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.