Galal Gargodhi, MD
Pain Medicine · Duluth, GANPI 1245594985
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,184 and has fallen 85.0% since, to $628 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in GA 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 193 payments — averaging $58.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$787
- Nevro Corp.$296
- AbbVie$246
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,82143%
- Food & beverage$6,15755%
- Education$2873%
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) | 59 | $3,654 |
| Abbott | 28 | $2,480 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 9 | $2,430 |
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $787 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $296 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $246 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $184 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $170 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $155 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $61 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $27 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 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.
- Superion ISS$2,210
- INTELLIS$1,750
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$988
- PROCLAIM$506
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$301
- Proclaim IPG$248
- Omnia$235
- Senza$158
- iFuse Implant$110
- Prospera$108
- Accurian$103
How this compares
$11,265 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 203 pain medicine providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 15 | $1,769 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 43 | $1,745 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 51 | $828 |
| Gabapentin | 69 | $562 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $446 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 46 | $420 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 21 | $350 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 12 | $341 |
| Meloxicam | 71 | $171 |
| Methocarbamol | 15 | $138 |
| Pregabalin | 18 | $119 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $81 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine Hcl, Morphine Sulfate | $13 | $2,11027 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 90th percentile of 203 pain medicine providers in Georgia.
Other pain medicine in Duluth
- Myung YooDuluth$9K
- Rutvij ShahColumbus$86K
- Siddardth UmapathyFort Eisenhower$41K
- Susheel DuaAtlanta$36K
- Subodh AgrawalAthens$34K
- Jose MathewLawrenceville$27K
- Zhuo SunAugusta$26K
- Maged HamzaGainesville$24K
- Ankur PatelGainesville$21K
- Margaret RisoGainesville$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.