Lasha Esebua, MD
Pain Medicine · Henderson, KYNPI 1013486273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $13,852 of the $19,885 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,374 and has fallen 57.3% since, to $3,577 in 2025.
Across 222 payments — averaging $89.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Stryker$552
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$13,85270%
- Food & beverage$6,01830%
- Gifts$150%
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 | 104 | $9,817 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $2,583 |
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 9 | $1,866 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,807 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 7 | $1,033 |
| Stryker | 8 | $552 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $492 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $295 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $196 |
| MML US, Inc. | 6 | $186 |
| Amgen | 7 | $137 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $127 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $105 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $96 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $89 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $56 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $22 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$3,990
- SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$3,343
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,636
- PROCLAIM$1,447
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$1,191
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$962
- Intracept$488
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$471
- SPINEJACK$439
- OPTABLATE$229
- INCEPTIV$154
- ETERNA$141
- SPRINT PNS System$140
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$127
How this compares
$19,885 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 90 pain medicine providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 14 | $16,439 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 195 | $6,379 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 375 | $6,302 |
| Buprenorphine | 15 | $4,695 |
| Pregabalin | 138 | $3,672 |
| Gabapentin | 269 | $3,382 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 58 | $2,301 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 164 | $2,220 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 92 | $1,115 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 103 | $1,008 |
| Celecoxib | 44 | $830 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 36 | $794 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 12 | $662 |
| Methadone Hcl | 21 | $404 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 36 | $231 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Henderson
- Anjum BuxDanville$595K
- Christopher MallardLexington$47K
- Vinod MuniswamyGeorgetown$39K
- John RuxerPaducah$33K
- Timothy BeachamLouisville$31K
- Mazhar RasulLexington$30K
- Tejas ShahAshland$23K
- Lance HoffmanFlorence$22K
- Jonathan GraingerFlorence$22K
- Stuart CowleyLexington$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.