Nicolas Perez
Interventional Pain Medicine · Naples, FLNPI 1508124991
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 50 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 Boston Scientific at 26.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $4,625.
Across 50 payments — averaging $29.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$387
- Nevro Corp.$225
- Painteq LLC$183
- Curonix LLC$98
- Almatica Pharma LLC$91
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$90
- plus $382 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,456100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $387 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $225 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $183 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 5 | $91 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $90 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $51 |
| Abbott | 2 | $42 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 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.
How this compares
$1,456 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PercocetOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $33,941 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 277 | $5,389 |
| Lidocaine | 18 | $2,447 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 147 | $1,995 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 90 | $1,607 |
| Pregabalin | 80 | $1,141 |
| Gabapentin | 111 | $1,117 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 33 | $685 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 77 | $635 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 18 | $456 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 29 | $400 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 45 | $302 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 21 | $301 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $200 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Naples
- Ivan SamcamNaples$51K
- Ajai NemaniNaples$26K
- 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
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.