Brandon Gish, MD
Pain Medicine · Lexington, KYNPI 1558629410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,838 of the $12,542 with a category attached, or 62.5%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 58.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,965, 2.8 times the $1,410 reported in 2019.
Across 257 payments — averaging $48.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Painteq LLC$688
- Si-bone, Inc.$461
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$354
- AbbVie$311
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,30026%
- Travel & lodging$6895%
- Food & beverage$7,83862%
- Education$7156%
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 | 105 | $7,293 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,389 |
| Painteq LLC | 4 | $688 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $461 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 24 | $354 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $311 |
| MML US, Inc. | 6 | $240 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $223 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $188 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $177 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Amgen | 6 | $106 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $99 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Novartis | 3 | $68 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $66 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $52 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $47 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $32 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $27 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- ETERNA$749
- PAINTEQ$570
- PROCLAIM$503
- iFuse Implant$302
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$296
- Proclaim IPG$268
- mild Device Kit$137
- Intracept$136
- ReActiv8$125
- SPRINT PNS System$116
How this compares
$12,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 90 pain medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 | 139 | $1,410 |
| Gabapentin | 124 | $775 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 46 | $543 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $434 |
| Baclofen | 52 | $335 |
| Pregabalin | 34 | $325 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $204 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $187 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $159 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 13 | $113 |
| Mupirocin | 19 | $100 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Lexington
- Christopher MallardLexington$47K
- Mazhar RasulLexington$30K
- Stuart CowleyLexington$19K
- Michael HarnedLexington$17K
- Luis VascelloLexington$17K
- Shawn MilburnLexington$17K
- Timothy MimsLexington$11K
- Manoochehr MazloomdoostLexington$8K
- Maged FamLexington$7K
- Oliver JamesLexington$5K
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.