Robert Brown, MD
Pain Medicine · Lakewood, CONPI 1487630059
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vertos Medical, Inc. at 54.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,627 and has fallen 86.2% since, to $224 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $2,943.
Across 52 payments — averaging $54.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$424
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$340
- Pfizer$68
- Vertiflex, Inc.$59
- Almatica Pharma LLC$43
- plus $354 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,36848%
- Food & beverage$1,46052%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 8 | $1,541 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $424 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 8 | $340 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $68 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 1 | $14 |
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$1,476
- SPRINT PNS System$128
How this compares
$2,829 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 96 pain medicine providers in Colorado.
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 | 48 | $1,682 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 19 | $719 |
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $588 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $541 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $505 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 52 | $479 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $311 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $106 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $66 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Lakewood
- Marchyarn MahathanarukLakewood$3K
- Robert MoghimGolden$273K
- Jack RentzGreenwood Village$264K
- Donald BernardiniEnglewood$102K
- Haley BurkeAurora$55K
- Amar PatelThornton$47K
- David ColumbusLoveland$30K
- Matthew PouliotFort Collins$26K
- Justin MerkowEnglewood$24K
- Daniel FeldmanBroomfield$18K
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.