Eric Stockwell, MD
Pain Medicine · Metairie, LANPI 1164926911
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (59.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 46.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,907 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $148 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in LA 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 166 payments — averaging $110.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$8K
- Medtronic$4K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Nevro Corp.$932
- Curonix LLC$846
- Abbott$356
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$10,80159%
- Food & beverage$7,39440%
- Education$800%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 62 | $8,420 |
| Medtronic | 34 | $3,752 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 18 | $2,582 |
| Nevro Corp. | 10 | $932 |
| Curonix LLC | 6 | $846 |
| Abbott | 3 | $356 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $279 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $268 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $267 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $200 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $85 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 3 | $71 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Stryker | 2 | $33 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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 SCS$2,283
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$1,133
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,131
- Intracept$861
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$764
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$748
- Senza$679
- O-ARM$670
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$433
- PROCLAIM$174
- SYNCHROMEDII$162
- ETERNA$156
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$150
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$142
- XEOMIN$121
- Evoke$117
- GENERATOR$112
- BOTOX$107
How this compares
$18,274 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 97 pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 318 | $42,829 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 785 | $30,590 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 13 | $12,530 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 23 | $8,364 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 177 | $2,800 |
| Gabapentin | 145 | $2,297 |
| Lidocaine | 15 | $2,127 |
| Pregabalin | 129 | $2,034 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 77 | $1,223 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 77 | $1,129 |
| Celecoxib | 41 | $705 |
| Methocarbamol | 29 | $652 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 18 | $558 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 24 | $476 |
| Baclofen | 36 | $439 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Metairie
- Jay NapolitanoMetairie$3K
- Thomas MyersMandeville$118K
- Alan KayeNew Orleans$76K
- Derrick DeanTerrytown$68K
- Hazem EissaNew Orleans$50K
- Robert OwensNew Orleans$47K
- Gassan ChaibanLake Charles$30K
- Yashar EshraghiNew Orleans$22K
- Prathima AnandiShreveport$19K
- Jason GremillionBaton Rouge$19K
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.