Roy Brownlow, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1205949914
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,161 of the $6,149 with a category attached, or 67.7%. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spinal Simplicity, LLC at 30.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,667 and has fallen 92.3% since, to $205 in 2025.
Across 174 payments — averaging $35.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$684
- Nevro Corp.$666
- Si-bone, Inc.$313
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$274
- plus $1K from 31 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $5498.91 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.
- Pfizer$122K
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$85K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$69K
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$41K
- GSK$31K
- Regeneron$25K
- plus $73K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4978%
- Food & beverage$4,16168%
- Education$1,49024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 6 | $1,843 |
| Abbott | 45 | $1,028 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $684 |
| Nevro Corp. | 19 | $666 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $313 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 16 | $274 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $134 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $121 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $115 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $88 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 8 | $84 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $73 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Epimed International, Inc | 1 | $61 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $44 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $36 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,753
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$202
- Omnia$170
- PROCLAIM$136
- Senza$118
- PAINTEQ$102
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$100
How this compares
$6,149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 23 | $18,903 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 21 | $9,008 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 90 | $2,442 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 117 | $2,400 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 23 | $2,188 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 30 | $1,511 |
| Lidocaine | 16 | $1,068 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $642 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $611 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $246 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $222 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $173 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 14 | $64 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 12 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca | $274 | $18,90323 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $88 | $9,00821 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
Other interventional pain medicine in San Diego
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- Brandon DairoSan Diego$11K
- Michael MoonSan Diego$7K
- Michael Verdolinla Mesa$507K
- Tim LeierRancho Mirage$449K
- Jonathan GrossmanVisalia$404K
- Kasra MaasumiRancho Santa Margarita$388K
- Andrew GermanovichRancho Mirage$333K
- David LeeYorba Linda$257K
- Standiford HelmOrange$254K
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.