Jessica Tages, PA
Physician Assistant · Toms River, NJNPI 1508368424
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.9%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 24.0%. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,803 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $1,411 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in NJ 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 100 payments — averaging $127.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spineology Inc.$3K
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$2K
- Mimedx Group, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Stryker$962
- United Orthopedics LLC$929
- plus $3K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0008%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2502%
- Travel & lodging$5,14240%
- Food & beverage$6,37850%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spineology Inc. | 12 | $3,061 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 7 | $1,843 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 4 | $1,611 |
| Arthrex | 20 | $1,441 |
| Stryker | 7 | $962 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 3 | $929 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $888 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 9 | $599 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $510 |
| Seapearl East, Inc | 3 | $452 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $114 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $55 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$12,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,726 physician assistant providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 68 | $1,270 |
| Gabapentin | 54 | $478 |
| Methocarbamol | 49 | $463 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 61 | $323 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 32 | $265 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $256 |
| Naproxen | 39 | $250 |
| Methylprednisolone | 36 | $186 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $177 |
| Meloxicam | 48 | $158 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 68 | $139 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 15 | $132 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Toms River
- Hannah SistiToms River$17K
- Patricia McTaggartToms River$11K
- Alexa HetzelEast Windsor$588K
- Nicole Schmid DavisHamilton$148K
- Todd NewmanHoboken$73K
- Patrick McGinnShrewsbury$72K
- Tatiana Dell'aquilaNutley$43K
- Nicole ColucciRiverdale$36K
- Salvatore SciurbaMiddletown$25K
- Jacqueline CristiniEdison$22K
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.