Phillip Essay, MD
Pain Medicine · Lincoln, NENPI 1801851175
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 391 payments — averaging $161.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$37K
- Globus Medical$20K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Abbott$449
- Lilly USA, LLC$214
- plus $2K from 31 others
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. | 155 | $37,373 |
| Globus Medical | 28 | $19,993 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 12 | $2,139 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 58 | $1,064 |
| Abbott | 17 | $449 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $214 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 12 | $197 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $165 |
| Amgen | 10 | $152 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 7 | $135 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $133 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $120 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $106 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 4 | $87 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $74 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $56 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $35 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Novartis | 2 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$63,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 31 pain medicine providers in Nebraska.
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.
Other pain medicine in Lincoln
- Charles WhittenLincoln$27K
- John MasseyLincoln$13K
- Liane DonovanLincoln$13K
- Robert RentfroLincoln$124
- Austin ReillyElkhorn$34K
- Matthew StottleOmaha$14K
- Katie BerkyOmaha$12K
- Dongyup LeeGrand Island$11K
- Ihsan BalkayaNorfolk$10K
- Tyrus SoaresOmaha$8K
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.