Rebecca Sanders, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Joplin, MONPI 1265727572
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $159,680 of the $209,337 with a category attached, or 76.3%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertos Medical, Inc. at 41.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $87,582, more than ten times the $5,275 reported in 2019. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 357 payments — averaging $586.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$87K
- Stryker$59K
- MML US, Inc.$56K
- Abbott$4K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $1K from 10 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $4530.62 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- MML US, Inc.$118K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$159,68076%
- Speaking & faculty fees$23,33811%
- Travel & lodging$18,3859%
- Food & beverage$7,9344%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 60 | $86,588 |
| Stryker | 91 | $59,050 |
| MML US, Inc. | 46 | $55,504 |
| Abbott | 46 | $4,130 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 11 | $1,755 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 82 | $1,013 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $753 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $172 |
| Amgen | 3 | $120 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $28 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- mild Device Kit$146,288
- ReActiv8$54,720
- SPINEJACK$21,019
- PROCLAIM$2,265
- Superion ISS$1,545
- MULTIGEN 2$960
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$749
- Intracept$345
- ETERNA$245
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$147
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$141
- RESTORE$128
- Evoke SCS$102
How this compares
$209,337 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 interventional pain medicine providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 91 | $1,442 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $738 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 34 | $296 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $93 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Joplin
- Ramis GheithBridgeton$73K
- Helen BlakeChesterfield$48K
- Andrew FrazierKansas City$32K
- Christian OliverBridgeton$18K
- David TonkinSpringfield$14K
- Dwayne JonesKansas City$11K
- Bradford NobleColumbia$8K
- Calvin CajigalDes Peres$8K
- James NewtonColumbia$7K
- Ihab DossWarrensburg$6K
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.