David Nguyen, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Pearland, TXNPI 1336137785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,587 of the $11,560 with a category attached, or 74.3%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,828, more than ten times the $311 reported in 2020.
Across 177 payments — averaging $65.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$910
- Abbott$516
- Nevro Corp.$502
- Boston Scientific$382
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $19,561 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.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$70K
- Genmab U.S., Inc.$48K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,95426%
- Food & beverage$8,58774%
- Gifts$190%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 113 | $4,550 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 18 | $3,190 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 7 | $910 |
| Abbott | 8 | $516 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $502 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $382 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $298 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $296 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $257 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $223 |
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 3 | $199 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $166 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Evoke$2,909
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,946
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$775
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$775
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$775
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$775
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$775
- PROCLAIM$283
- Senza$281
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$257
- SPRINT PNS System$253
- VECTRIS$237
- mild Device Kit$234
- V-LOC 180$183
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$172
- SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$163
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$147
- SYNCHROMED$145
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$142
- Senza II$142
How this compares
$11,560 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 287 interventional pain medicine providers in Texas.
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 | 728 | $18,906 |
| Hydromorphone ErHydromorphone Hcl | 14 | $7,180 |
| Lidocaine | 41 | $6,068 |
| Gabapentin | 276 | $3,126 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $2,786 |
| Pregabalin | 123 | $2,083 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 96 | $1,859 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 45 | $1,684 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 41 | $1,072 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 16 | $1,070 |
| Methocarbamol | 130 | $1,004 |
| Baclofen | 59 | $919 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 124 | $850 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 82 | $575 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 91 | $543 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Pearland
- Jay LafleurPearland$25K
- Gabor RaczLubbock$3M
- Pankaj MehtaKilleen$2.1M
- Chad StephensSouthlake$1M
- Ankur KhoslaShenandoah$277K
- Brian RichDecatur$245K
- Brian BruelHouston$219K
- Bolkar SahinlerLubbock$188K
- Timothy RatinoFort Worth$139K
- Genaro GutierrezAustin$125K
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.