Arun Kalava, MD
Pain Medicine · Tampa, FLNPI 1780817056
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertex at 41.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,946, 4.3 times the $3,691 reported in 2019. Among 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 110 payments — averaging $328.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$15K
- Civco Medical Instruments$6K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$5K
- Pajunk Medical Systems, LP$3K
- Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.$3K
- Si-bone, Inc.$869
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,14345%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,34331%
- Travel & lodging$4,08211%
- Food & beverage$3,0849%
- Education$1,0383%
- Entertainment$4171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 18 | $14,824 |
| Civco Medical Instruments | 3 | $5,940 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 11 | $5,227 |
| Pajunk Medical Systems, LP | 3 | $3,353 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 6 | $3,022 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $869 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 6 | $672 |
| Bioness Inc | 3 | $649 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 11 | $384 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $351 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $170 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 7 | $127 |
| Epimed International, Inc | 1 | $99 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $56 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $46 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Neuros Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $16 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $15 |
| MVP Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 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.
- JOURNAVX$14,390
- Iovera$4,900
- E-CATH PLUS ACC. TSUI$3,211
- X-Porte Ultrasound System$1,984
- Edge/Edge II Ultrasound System$875
- Stimrouter for pain$649
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$633
- EXPAREL$618
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$600
- Zilretta$500
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$261
- Edge Ultrasound System$163
- SPRINT PNS System$126
- IOVERA SYSTEM$114
How this compares
$36,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 596 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $4,797 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $1,833 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 13 | $975 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 18 | $303 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 16 | $282 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $226 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $120 |
| Pregabalin | 20 | $101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Tampa
- Rodolfo GariTampa$120K
- Edward Podgorski IiiTampa$55K
- Mauricio OrbegozoTampa$31K
- Robert GuirguisTampa$30K
- Abraham RiveraTampa$27K
- Jorge LealTampa$18K
- Jeffrey GudinMiami$356K
- Joseph PergolizziNaples$333K
- Ramon Cuevas-TrisanRiviera Beach$220K
- Navdeep JassalLakeland$163K
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.