Reginald Ajakwe, MD
Anesthesiology · Burbank, CANPI 1467485730
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $17,009 of the $21,628 with a category attached, or 78.6%. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 36.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,512 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $1,944 in 2025. Among anesthesiology clinicians in CA 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 641 payments — averaging $33.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$8K
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$2K
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$769
- Medtronic$766
- plus $4K from 35 others
Across 24 payments — averaging $11,814 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.
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$284K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2006%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,80013%
- Travel & lodging$5533%
- Food & beverage$17,00979%
- Entertainment$660%
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.
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$4,592
- Omnia$1,509
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$437
- PROCLAIM$393
- ETERNA$329
- Intracept$327
- Senza$298
- Proclaim IPG$296
- Prospera$290
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$251
- Axium Sheath Braided DRG$177
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$138
- OCTRODE$117
How this compares
$21,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,717 anesthesiology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 222 | $1,184 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 54 | $878 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 40 | $747 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 29 | $630 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $393 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $383 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 22 | $349 |
| Methylprednisolone | 30 | $281 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $138 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 38 | $129 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $88 |
| Meloxicam | 50 | $82 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 22 | $19 |
| Ibuprofen | 11 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Burbank
- Jack JengSouth San Francisco$1.3M
- Roger PhillipsChico$434K
- David DeyhimyLaguna Hills$344K
- Maxime CannessonLos Angeles$336K
- Alexander RoherSan Diego$282K
- Moody MakarLos Angeles$252K
- Jonathan JahrLos Angeles$223K
- Amir ShbeebLong Beach$216K
- Lawrence ChuStanford$205K
- Hendrikus LemmensStanford$200K
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.