Robert Funk, MD
Pain Medicine · Carmel, INNPI 1316265457
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.2%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 46.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,016 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $589 in 2025.
Across 216 payments — averaging $43.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$460
- Stryker$413
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$300
- Medtronic$278
- plus $375 from 7 others
Across 72 payments — averaging $5659.13 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.
- Abbott$407K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2463%
- Food & beverage$4,79751%
- Education$4,33346%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 15 | $4,333 |
| Abbott | 143 | $3,216 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 32 | $460 |
| Stryker | 2 | $413 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $300 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $278 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $68 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $48 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Amgen | 1 | $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.
- Persona$1,471
- Lapidus Plate$748
- ROSA$661
- PROCLAIM$526
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$458
- G7$359
- Intracept$300
- SPINEJACK$246
- Comprehensive Anatomic$229
- Stratum Foot Plating System$227
- Juggerknot$214
- Alps Plates and Instruments$214
- Juggerknot-Foot & Ankle$210
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$178
- OMNICURVE$168
- VECTRIS$147
- Evoke$125
- mild Device Kit$109
How this compares
$9,376 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 128 pain medicine providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 16 | $1,548 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $1,244 |
| Pregabalin | 32 | $939 |
| Gabapentin | 127 | $906 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 81 | $803 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 | $500 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 61 | $295 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 53 | $252 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $163 |
| Diazepam | 26 | $18 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Carmel
- Derron WilsonCarmel$616K
- Kevin MacadaegCarmel$337K
- Neil FarrenCarmel$11K
- Jonathan GentileCarmel$9K
- John ArbuckleCarmel$6K
- Andrew TrobridgeMuncie$253K
- Meredith LanghorstFishers$233K
- Abhishek DasMishawaka$186K
- Rajiv TewariFishers$140K
- John SwoffordIndianapolis$127K
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.