RxDoctor Payments Data

Raissa Quezado da Nobrega

Pain Medicine · Washington, DCNPI 1629500582

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by grants: $10,000 of the $15,816 with a category attached, or 63.2%. Medtronic accounts for 65.3% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,468 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $25 in 2025.

$15,816in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 50 payments — averaging $316.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$10K
  • Abbott$5K
  • SPR Therapeutics, Inc$193
  • Nalu Medical, Inc.$147
  • Boston Scientific$122
  • Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$106
  • plus $163 from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Grants$10,00063%
  • Travel & lodging$2,88318%
  • Food & beverage$2,93319%

General payments by program year

21
22
23
24
25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Medtronic7$10,322
Abbott34$4,763
SPR Therapeutics, Inc2$193
Nalu Medical, Inc.1$147
Boston Scientific1$122
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.1$106
Nevro Corp.1$74
Stratus Medical, LLC1$44
Merck1$25
AbbVie1$20

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

Too few pain medicine providers in District of Columbiato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.

Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$54,193
Medicare patients
234
Services billed
769

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Diclofenac Sodium37$1,946
Gabapentin100$1,750
Lidocaine21$1,201
Pregabalin49$812
Duloxetine Hcl73$701
Tizanidine Hcl25$642
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen40$474
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen12$431
Oxycodone Hcl24$213
Tramadol Hcl20$126
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl13$82
Meloxicam13$53

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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