Brian Weaver, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Norfolk, VANPI 1104988328
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,534 of the $5,691 with a category attached, or 62.1%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 59.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,940 and has fallen 82.1% since, to $525 in 2025.
Across 158 payments — averaging $36.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Si-bone, Inc.$427
- Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.$313
- Almatica Pharma LLC$248
- Globus Medical$210
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$137
- plus $976 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,15638%
- Food & beverage$3,53462%
- Education$00%
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 | 52 | $3,379 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $427 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $313 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 18 | $248 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $210 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $137 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $122 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $115 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $86 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $69 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $67 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $37 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $26 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $23 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$5,691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 52 interventional pain medicine providers in Virginia.
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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 | 179 | $4,099 |
| Gabapentin | 239 | $3,314 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 208 | $3,130 |
| Pregabalin | 81 | $2,967 |
| Lidocaine | 13 | $2,780 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 100 | $2,451 |
| Celecoxib | 39 | $1,930 |
| Metaxalone | 12 | $1,401 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 68 | $1,287 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 130 | $1,075 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $612 |
| Methocarbamol | 28 | $422 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 14 | $296 |
| Meloxicam | 72 | $251 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $217 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Norfolk
- Ketan PatelHaymarket$133K
- Che TorryNewport News$48K
- Niteesh BhararaReston$25K
- Sassan HassassianManassas$24K
- Raj SurejaNewport News$23K
- Benjamin SeemanRichmond$21K
- Alok GopalWinchester$16K
- Jacob LeeWinchester$14K
- Yaoming GuRichmond$13K
- Rae DavisLansdowne$12K
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.