Christopher Galuardi, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Berlin, MDNPI 1396755286
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,597 of the $3,506 with a category attached, or 74.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated at 27.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,587 and has fallen 85.3% since, to $233 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $3,506.
Across 64 payments — averaging $54.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$952
- Abbott$671
- Medtronic$591
- Nevro Corp.$286
- AbbVie$252
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$203
- plus $551 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$91026%
- Food & beverage$2,59774%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $952 |
| Abbott | 19 | $671 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $591 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $286 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $252 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $203 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $87 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $83 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
- Iovera$910
- Senza$199
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$174
- ETERNA$151
- mild Device Kit$148
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$134
- Zilretta$125
- UBRELVY$116
How this compares
$3,506 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 56 interventional pain medicine providers in Maryland.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 15 | $26,426 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 458 | $12,014 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 404 | $7,242 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 218 | $6,277 |
| Gabapentin | 368 | $6,019 |
| Lidocaine | 73 | $5,800 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 26 | $5,311 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 205 | $5,206 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 62 | $4,946 |
| Pregabalin | 110 | $4,289 |
| Metaxalone | 18 | $3,790 |
| Fentanyl | 38 | $3,630 |
| Celecoxib | 61 | $3,341 |
| Baclofen | 164 | $2,967 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 40 | $2,840 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Berlin
- Mark ColemanPikesville$1.3M
- Marc LoevRockville$318K
- Anish PatelFrederick$311K
- Aneesh SinglaSalisbury$167K
- Charles SimmonsAnnapolis$62K
- Ali El-MohandesHagerstown$57K
- Michael WongBel Air$31K
- Anna IrwinBethesda$30K
- Dontese NicholsonBaltimore$27K
- Rajesh JariNottingham$26K
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.