Avinash Chavda, MD
Pain Medicine · Carrollton, TXNPI 1407210305
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Biotronik NRO, Inc. accounts for 63.7% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among pain medicine clinicians in TX 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 378 payments — averaging $123.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$30K
- Abbott$6K
- Medtronic$5K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nevro Corp.$775
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$597
- plus $3K from 22 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $16.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$16
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,2955%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,64944%
- Travel & lodging$9,15520%
- Food & beverage$14,47331%
- Gifts$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 145 | $29,685 |
| Abbott | 57 | $5,747 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $4,909 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $1,417 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $775 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 14 | $597 |
| MML US, Inc. | 8 | $481 |
| Stryker | 3 | $464 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 14 | $457 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 6 | $352 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $194 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $187 |
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 3 | $183 |
| Spinesource, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $171 |
| Vertex | 7 | $146 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Amgen | 2 | $135 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 6 | $133 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Epimed International, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Prospera$19,769
- BIOTRONIK$6,347
- PROCLAIM$4,420
- mild Device Kit$460
- Omnia$397
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$316
- ETERNA$294
- ReActiv8$286
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$228
- Minuteman$225
- Tymlos$216
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$186
- Catamaran Sacroiliac Joint Fixation System$180
- SPINEJACK$146
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$145
- StimQ Peripheral Nerve StimulatorSystem$127
- SCS FreedonSpinal Cord Stimulator$127
- SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$125
- EVENITY$124
- SPRINT PNS System$122
How this compares
$46,587 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.
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 | 331 | $8,923 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 117 | $4,458 |
| Pregabalin | 228 | $3,970 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 115 | $3,041 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 113 | $2,513 |
| Gabapentin | 192 | $2,120 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 47 | $1,376 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 92 | $1,332 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 23 | $1,218 |
| Methocarbamol | 82 | $1,199 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 91 | $485 |
| Meloxicam | 124 | $468 |
| Celecoxib | 21 | $429 |
| Baclofen | 29 | $399 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $327 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Carrollton
- Melissa MurphyGrapevine$653K
- Shiraz YazdaniLubbock$514K
- Aaron CalodneyTyler$296K
- Candice BurnetteSugar Land$265K
- Ashley Bailey-ClassenFort Worth$244K
- Grant ChenHouston$175K
- Gunjan PatelHouston$166K
- Anthony BergRockwall$165K
- Puneet SayalCorpus Christi$153K
- Eduardo GarciaWebster$147K
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.