Courtney Auman, MD
Pain Medicine · Jacksonville, NCNPI 1154563591
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.3%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 77.3% of it on its own, with 56 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $37,989 and has fallen 74.2% since, to $9,800 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in NC 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 1,015 payments — averaging $183.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$144K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$29K
- AbbVie$7K
- Nevro Corp.$631
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$467
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$459
- plus $5K from 51 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $8223.77 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.
- Boston Scientific$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$41,97323%
- Speaking & faculty fees$93,46050%
- Travel & lodging$26,89614%
- Food & beverage$23,45313%
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.
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$40,861
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$25,938
- Evoke$25,548
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$20,443
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$19,638
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$11,557
- BOTOX$4,881
- Evoke SCS$2,044
- Watchman$574
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$392
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$329
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$142
- PAINTEQ$123
- SUPERION$119
How this compares
$185,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 33 | $59,164 |
| Levorphanol Tartrate | 13 | $58,396 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 14 | $10,012 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 12 | $5,925 |
| Gabapentin | 163 | $1,874 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 124 | $1,759 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 73 | $1,594 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 59 | $1,106 |
| Celecoxib | 46 | $1,003 |
| Pregabalin | 46 | $954 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 46 | $916 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 74 | $849 |
| Baclofen | 42 | $743 |
| Dantrolene Sodium | 11 | $704 |
| Ibuprofen | 30 | $696 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieBotox | $6,695 | $59,16433 claims |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLCLevorphanol Tartrate | $170 | $58,39613 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $78 | $5,92512 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $35 | $34163 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
Other pain medicine in Jacksonville
- James NorthWinston Salem$721K
- Leonardo KapuralWinston Salem$523K
- Christopher GilmoreWinston Salem$457K
- Richard RauckWinston Salem$431K
- Jacob WangCharlotte$162K
- Aashish KumarCharlotte$160K
- Javid BakshAsheville$116K
- David ZubLeland$97K
- James DeeringCharlotte$93K
- David CiochettyChapel Hill$83K
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.