Bryan Whitlow, MD
Pain Medicine · Bridgeton, MONPI 1962856682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,924 of the $17,370 with a category attached, or 62.9%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 27.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $6,498 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $1,305 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 170 payments — averaging $102.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Legacy Ortho LLC$1K
- Curonix LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- plus $4K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,55120%
- Food & beverage$10,92463%
- Education$2,89417%
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. | 51 | $4,779 |
| Medtronic | 29 | $2,426 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $2,318 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Curonix LLC | 12 | $1,173 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $1,107 |
| Abbott | 23 | $1,030 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 11 | $919 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 5 | $918 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $460 |
| Corelink, LLC | 5 | $332 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 6 | $156 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $93 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ambu Inc. | 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.
- Senza$2,343
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$2,318
- Intracept$1,719
- Omnia$1,485
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,142
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$1,014
- SUPERION$772
- mild Device Kit$575
- INTELLIS$353
- Proclaim DRG IPG$156
- PROCLAIM$147
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$146
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$132
- Evoke$127
- PAINTEQ$113
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$107
How this compares
$17,370 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diflorasone Diacetate | 27 | $21,009 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 33 | $17,364 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 842 | $17,242 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 644 | $16,831 |
| Pregabalin | 368 | $8,384 |
| Gabapentin | 451 | $5,974 |
| Buprenorphine | 12 | $2,395 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 211 | $2,170 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 136 | $1,562 |
| Baclofen | 53 | $1,538 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $1,445 |
| Celecoxib | 35 | $1,128 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 145 | $1,090 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 60 | $1,033 |
| Cephalexin | 235 | $803 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Bridgeton
- Christopher ReisCape Girardeau$113K
- Anne ChristopherChesterfield$104K
- Tyler ConcannonKansas City$64K
- Vinicius Tieppo FrancioSaint Louis$35K
- Luvell GlantonHannibal$33K
- Jooyoung MaengSaint Louis$25K
- Travis FoxxLiberty$23K
- Nabil AhmadSaint Louis$21K
- Chad SheltonSaint Peters$18K
- Katharine GurbaSaint Louis$18K
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.