Neil Ellis, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Tampa, FLNPI 1104092972
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.7% of the total across 469 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 53 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 10.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 469 payments — averaging $22.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$851
- Nevro Corp.$829
- AbbVie$829
- Medtronic$781
- Abbott$525
- plus $6K from 47 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $32,797 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Seikagaku Corporation$1.1M
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$149
- Purdue Pharma L.p.$149
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$135
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$90%
- Travel & lodging$2262%
- Food & beverage$9,84594%
- Education$4304%
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.
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
$10,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 278 interventional 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 189 | $115,297 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 1,856 | $75,799 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 103 | $51,073 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 2,080 | $44,468 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,328 | $41,057 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 39 | $27,454 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 846 | $20,714 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 11 | $14,374 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 50 | $14,076 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 26 | $13,327 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 15 | $12,229 |
| Pregabalin | 472 | $11,147 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 13 | $10,689 |
| SuboxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $9,883 |
| QuviviqDaridorexant Hcl | 17 | $8,878 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Belbuca | $1,102 | $142,751228 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine-Naloxone, Buprenorphine, Morphine Sulfate, Buprenorphine Hcl | $21 | $31,348339 claims |
| AbbVieBotox, Linzess | $829 | $26,60326 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $376 | $13,32726 claims |
| PfizerLyrica | $498 | $10,68913 claims |
| Indivior Inc.Suboxone | $42 | $9,88313 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $66 | $6,51016 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 70th percentile of 278 interventional pain medicine providers in Florida.
Other interventional pain medicine in Tampa
- Stanley DennisonTampa$16K
- Louis RasoJupiter$1.3M
- Ajay AntonyGainesville$1.1M
- Michael EspositoVero Beach$777K
- Nomen AzeemRiverview$650K
- Stanley GolovacMerritt Island$367K
- Sunil PanchalLutz$363K
- Robert BallPort Charlotte$246K
- Justin MannJacksonville$243K
- Giuseppe PaeseBoca Raton$180K
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.