Anthony Nguyen, MD
Pain Medicine · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1649619685
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,704 of the $6,782 with a category attached, or 69.4%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,055 and has fallen 81.7% since, to $376 in 2025.
Across 110 payments — averaging $61.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$768
- Boston Scientific$734
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$146
- plus $566 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$160%
- Travel & lodging$2,06230%
- Food & beverage$4,70469%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 32 | $2,187 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 16 | $1,326 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 8 | $1,056 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $768 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $734 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $118 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Stryker | 1 | $78 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 1 | $16 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- Intracept$3,155
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,511
- Superion ISS$893
- ADAPTIVESTIM$162
- Qutenza$146
- INCEPTIV$136
- INTELLIS$122
- Omnia$119
- Pomalyst$118
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$116
How this compares
$6,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 96 pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 94 | $1,072 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 43 | $640 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $388 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 30 | $380 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $327 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $109 |
| Meloxicam | 22 | $57 |
| Prednisone | 20 | $42 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Colorado Springs
- Mark MeyerColorado Springs$14K
- Jennifer WindsorColorado Springs$9K
- Zachary WinklerColorado Springs$9K
- Vladislav SuntsovColorado Springs$9K
- Joshua RockColorado Springs$9K
- Christopher MalinkyColorado Springs$5K
- Morgan DahmsColorado Springs$5K
- Tyler NickleColorado Springs$4K
- William LippertColorado Springs$3K
- Timothy SandellColorado Springs$3K
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.