Ricardo Plata Aguilar, MD
Pain Medicine · Weston, FLNPI 1780116863
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $25,000 of the $35,083 with a category attached, or 71.3%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 43.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $27,043 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $738 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in FL 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 111 payments — averaging $316.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$15K
- Medtronic$10K
- Abbott$6K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Nevro Corp.$341
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$331
- plus $857 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,00071%
- Travel & lodging$5,49816%
- Food & beverage$4,58513%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $15,320 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $10,000 |
| Abbott | 58 | $6,483 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 9 | $1,751 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $341 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $331 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $176 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $137 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $74 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $24 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
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.
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$15,000
- ACTIVA$10,000
- PROCLAIM$4,144
- Evoke$1,629
- Axium INS DRG IPG$849
- Proclaim IPG$789
- Senza$199
- SPRINT PNS System$184
- Omnia$140
- Teligen$137
- Prospera$135
How this compares
$35,083 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 596 pain medicine providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 22 | $8,232 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 227 | $6,857 |
| Buprenorphine | 13 | $4,619 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 91 | $2,568 |
| Lidocaine | 23 | $2,085 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 140 | $2,031 |
| Pregabalin | 78 | $1,976 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 73 | $1,614 |
| Gabapentin | 141 | $1,537 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 68 | $1,026 |
| Celecoxib | 30 | $623 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 62 | $436 |
| Baclofen | 104 | $343 |
| Methocarbamol | 68 | $337 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 11 | $303 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Weston
- Jeffrey GudinMiami$356K
- Joseph PergolizziNaples$333K
- Ramon Cuevas-TrisanRiviera Beach$220K
- Navdeep JassalLakeland$163K
- Mark-Friedrich HurdleJacksonville$140K
- Rodolfo GariTampa$120K
- Stephen PylesOcala$115K
- Orlando FloreteJacksonville$86K
- Michael GreeneMiddleburg$73K
- Nicholas BremerFernandina Beach$66K
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.