Gabriel Pagani-Estevez
Interventional Pain Medicine · Rochester, MNNPI 1508204637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. at 26.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $81,948, more than ten times the $5,877 reported in 2019. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in MN 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 516 payments — averaging $347.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$47K
- MML US, Inc.$43K
- Medtronic$30K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$21K
- Convatec Inc.$16K
- Abbott$8K
- plus $14K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$82,02046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$44,41225%
- Travel & lodging$30,43417%
- Food & beverage$17,16210%
- Education$5,3633%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 58 | $46,717 |
| MML US, Inc. | 67 | $43,322 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 91 | $30,401 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 56 | $20,699 |
| Convatec Inc. | 13 | $16,491 |
| Abbott | 68 | $8,184 |
| Painteq LLC | 36 | $4,116 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 29 | $3,409 |
| Bioventus LLC | 7 | $1,163 |
| Curonix LLC | 8 | $969 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 7 | $933 |
| Nevro Corp. | 22 | $771 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $554 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 10 | $524 |
| Stryker | 3 | $332 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $208 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $155 |
| Amgen | 1 | $115 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $57 |
| Novartis | 3 | $44 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $44 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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$45,767
- ReActiv8$42,290
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$17,896
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$16,295
- AQUACEL Ag Surgical$13,627
- Intracept$9,389
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$6,820
- PROCLAIM$5,693
- LIBERTY SI$3,673
- PAINTEQ$3,477
- AQUACEL AG$2,600
- SYNCHROMEDII$2,500
- SYNCHROMED$1,314
- INTELLIS$1,265
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$1,008
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$888
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$817
- Superion ISS$706
- mild Device Kit$414
- Omnia$256
How this compares
$179,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 26 interventional pain medicine providers in Minnesota.
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Other interventional pain medicine in Rochester
- Ryan BirklandRochester$15K
- Gabriel SmithRochester$5K
- Nicholas CanzanelloRochester$4K
- Oludare OlatoyeRochester$3K
- Terry HuntRochester$2K
- William MauckRochester$2K
- Nima AdimiChaska$114K
- James ParmeleMaple Grove$13K
- Jason WolffMaple Grove$9K
- Gregory CrewdsonMaplewood$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.