Luis Escobar, MD
Pain Medicine · Hollywood, FLNPI 1831185602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.2% of the total across 961 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik NRO, Inc. at 56.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,074, more than ten times the $354 reported in 2019. Among pain medicine clinicians in FL 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 961 payments — averaging $34.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$19K
- Abbott$10K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$617
- Stryker$537
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$415
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,3574%
- Food & beverage$30,28291%
- Education$1,5775%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 479 | $18,686 |
| Abbott | 401 | $9,777 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $1,866 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $617 |
| Stryker | 5 | $537 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 12 | $415 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 8 | $357 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $306 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 13 | $180 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $142 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $64 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $56 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $40 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 2 | $40 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Prospera$5,290
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,783
- Intracept$825
- PROCLAIM$809
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$424
- SPINEJACK$405
- BIOTRONIK$239
- mild Device Kit$159
- Omnia$121
- SPRINT PNS System$110
- Proclaim IPG$105
How this compares
$33,216 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 596 pain medicine providers in Florida.
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 | 167 | $27,577 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 653 | $15,130 |
| Fentanyl | 75 | $11,725 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 24 | $11,077 |
| Gabapentin | 526 | $6,930 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 405 | $5,446 |
| Pregabalin | 121 | $3,820 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 76 | $3,816 |
| ButransBuprenorphine | 11 | $2,798 |
| Lidocaine | 24 | $1,968 |
| Baclofen | 157 | $1,436 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 242 | $1,422 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 122 | $1,276 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 140 | $1,231 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 210 | $1,218 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Hollywood
- Vania FernandezHollywood$46K
- Mark AbumoussaHollywood$30K
- Leon AnijarHollywood$20K
- Jeffrey GudinMiami$356K
- Joseph PergolizziNaples$333K
- Ramon Cuevas-TrisanRiviera Beach$220K
- Navdeep JassalLakeland$163K
- Mark-Friedrich HurdleJacksonville$140K
- Rodolfo GariTampa$120K
- Stephen PylesOcala$115K
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.