Pranusha Baxi, MD
Pain Medicine · Bolingbrook, ILNPI 1487187506
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik NRO, Inc. at 47.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,611, more than ten times the $824 reported in 2021. 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 288 payments — averaging $131.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$18K
- Abbott$16K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$499
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$328
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$204
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5501%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,83739%
- Travel & lodging$8,16221%
- Food & beverage$14,44738%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 59 | $17,928 |
| Abbott | 175 | $15,602 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $2,398 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $499 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $328 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $204 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $196 |
| Avanos Medical | 4 | $176 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $164 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $102 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Next Science LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Prospera$16,686
- PROCLAIM$10,627
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$822
- Intracept$808
- ETERNA$529
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$402
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$305
- BIOTRONIK$270
- Evoke SCS$204
- PAINTEQ$164
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$150
- mild Device Kit$150
- TYRX$114
- BOTOX$102
How this compares
$37,995 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 268 | $4,035 |
| Metaxalone | 12 | $2,206 |
| Gabapentin | 147 | $1,786 |
| Pregabalin | 96 | $1,011 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 16 | $881 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 144 | $728 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 96 | $698 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 15 | $591 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $522 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 32 | $465 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 21 | $304 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $121 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $115 |
| Cephalexin | 19 | $66 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 11 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Bolingbrook
- Goran TubicBolingbrook$68K
- Bhargav MuddaBolingbrook$40K
- Ricardo VallejoBloomington$2.3M
- David DickersonEvanston$558K
- 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.