Nicholas Prayson
Interventional Pain Medicine · Wooster, OHNPI 1073002077
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.6% of the total across 38 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $598 and has fallen 72.5% since, to $164 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $5,193.
Across 38 payments — averaging $47.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$539
- Stryker$400
- Medtronic$315
- Abbott$116
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$75
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$50
- plus $310 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1709%
- Food & beverage$1,63591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $539 |
| Stryker | 6 | $400 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $315 |
| Abbott | 3 | $116 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $75 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Vertex | 2 | $40 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 1 | $30 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Painteq LLC | 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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$286
- Omnia$256
- Senza$143
- SPINEJACK$117
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$111
How this compares
$1,805 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 67 interventional pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 33 | $1,622 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 34 | $898 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $698 |
| Gabapentin | 101 | $648 |
| Baclofen | 41 | $625 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $526 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 68 | $424 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 70 | $280 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 39 | $245 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $228 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $83 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Wooster
- Gladstone McDowellColumbus$660K
- Humam AkbikFairfield$116K
- Sara NashiCincinnati$116K
- Jaudat MahmoodKent$97K
- Omar AliSpringfield$67K
- Dustin ReynoldsWesterville$61K
- James OttingToledo$47K
- Mark MalinowskiChillicothe$39K
- David WalegaColumbus$37K
- Ronald LinehanLancaster$26K
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.