Paul Guillod, MD
Pain Medicine · Evanston, ILNPI 1215464383
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 46.8% of the total. Among pain medicine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 198 payments — averaging $97.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$9K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$490
- Stryker$460
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,89241%
- Food & beverage$11,49359%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 96 | $9,081 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $3,784 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 19 | $2,250 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 19 | $1,367 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 9 | $490 |
| Stryker | 7 | $460 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $374 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $349 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 5 | $319 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $306 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $167 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $130 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$6,099
- VERTIFLEX SUPERION$1,856
- ETERNA$1,671
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$1,241
- Prospera$1,095
- Evoke$995
- Evoke SCS$731
- Intracept$520
- SPRINT PNS System$349
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$342
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$282
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$194
- ReActiv8$147
- mild Device Kit$133
- SPINEJACK$132
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$130
- INTELLIS$128
- PRIALT$124
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$120
- Omnia$104
How this compares
$19,385 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 233 pain medicine providers in Illinois.
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 | 29 | $6,047 |
| Lidocaine | 13 | $2,403 |
| Pregabalin | 41 | $2,176 |
| Gabapentin | 82 | $1,024 |
| Celecoxib | 52 | $892 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 29 | $864 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 14 | $805 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 16 | $544 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 41 | $527 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 57 | $450 |
| Baclofen | 23 | $331 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $299 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $266 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 11 | $263 |
| Methadone Hcl | 18 | $220 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Evanston
- David DickersonEvanston$558K
- Matthew BowersoxEvanston$46K
- Ava SocikEvanston$18K
- Ricardo VallejoBloomington$2.3M
- Thomas DahlbergRockford$218K
- Steven CohenChicago$217K
- Albert SinghQuincy$212K
- Nirav ShahSkokie$137K
- Ryan KutaNaperville$114K
- Anthony LebarioElgin$87K
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.