Robert Gessman, MD
Pain Medicine · Lone Tree, CONPI 1710220413
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.3% of the total across 153 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 34.7% of the total.
Across 153 payments — averaging $43.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Painteq LLC$607
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$493
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$342
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$297
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1332%
- Food & beverage$6,33594%
- Education$451%
- Entertainment$2063%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 58 | $2,329 |
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $1,248 |
| Painteq LLC | 9 | $607 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 11 | $493 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $342 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 7 | $297 |
| Abbott | 7 | $238 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $206 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $193 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $186 |
| Stryker | 1 | $163 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 6 | $121 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$695
- PAINTEQ$467
- mild Device Kit$442
- Omnia$441
- SPRINT PNS System$268
- Stimrouter for pain$206
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$171
- Intracept$146
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$143
- Evoke$133
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$120
How this compares
$6,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $283 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $200 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Lone Tree
- Hashim KhanLone Tree$6K
- Bradley HakimLone Tree$4K
- 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
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.