David Burstedt, MD
Pain Medicine · Cookeville, TNNPI 1528160371
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,075 of the $14,214 with a category attached, or 63.8%. It is spread thinly across 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1%. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,737 and has fallen 60.3% since, to $1,483 in 2025.
Across 344 payments — averaging $41.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$715
- plus $3K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,14036%
- Food & beverage$9,07564%
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 | 77 | $2,854 |
| Boston Scientific | 110 | $2,364 |
| Nevro Corp. | 28 | $2,298 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $1,622 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $1,427 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 22 | $715 |
| Stryker | 5 | $568 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 6 | $446 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 13 | $391 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 13 | $236 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $189 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $143 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $76 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Vertex | 4 | $68 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $45 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $32 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $31 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $10 |
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 Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,549
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,316
- Proclaim IPG$1,038
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$450
- Axium INS DRG IPG$421
- mild Device Kit$341
- PROCLAIM$228
- SPRINT PNS System$226
- INTELLIS$190
- CFNS StimQ Peripheral Nerve StimulatorSystem$189
- SCS FreedonSpinal Cord Stimulator$189
- Evoke$167
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$165
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$154
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$143
- Senza$136
How this compares
$14,214 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 112 pain medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 77 | $1,603 |
| Gabapentin | 119 | $1,216 |
| Pregabalin | 30 | $1,152 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 44 | $504 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $420 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $349 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $262 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 35 | $261 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $218 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 24 | $186 |
| Meloxicam | 57 | $138 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $118 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $74 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $43 |
| Diazepam | 59 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Cookeville
- David McAfeeCookeville$4K
- Shravani DurbhakulaNashville$353K
- Joseph DichiaraKnoxville$102K
- Stephanie VanterpoolKnoxville$69K
- Herbert MeltzerNashville$43K
- Marc HuntoonNashville$37K
- Gregory BallChattanooga$35K
- Phillip GreenMemphis$34K
- Puneet MishraNashville$32K
- John BlakeChattanooga$28K
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.