Russell Davenport, MD
Pain Medicine · Charlotte, NCNPI 1881012441
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $19,803 of the $25,643 with a category attached, or 77.2%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,811 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $2,578 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 344 payments — averaging $74.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$8K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Globus Medical$947
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$589
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,83519%
- Food & beverage$19,80377%
- Education$1,0064%
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. | 79 | $7,949 |
| Boston Scientific | 82 | $6,488 |
| Abbott | 70 | $4,413 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $3,359 |
| Globus Medical | 14 | $947 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $589 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 14 | $490 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $218 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $217 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $190 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $136 |
| Vertex | 3 | $124 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $101 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $77 |
| Stryker | 1 | $75 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $13 |
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$4,455
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$2,439
- PROCLAIM$1,968
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,638
- Omnia$1,501
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$1,178
- VenaSeal$825
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$781
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$742
- INTELLIS$609
- Evoke SCS$386
- SPRINT PNS System$273
- ETERNA$235
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$219
- GENERATOR$190
- INCEPTIV$160
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$157
- ADAPTIVESTIM$141
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$136
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$131
How this compares
$25,643 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 182 pain medicine providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 386 | $11,378 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 17 | $9,601 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 353 | $8,618 |
| Gabapentin | 97 | $1,887 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 113 | $1,643 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 148 | $1,415 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 75 | $1,155 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 40 | $1,111 |
| Pregabalin | 39 | $920 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 14 | $835 |
| Fentanyl | 14 | $701 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 37 | $636 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 28 | $485 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 25 | $328 |
| Methylprednisolone | 55 | $315 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Charlotte
- Jacob WangCharlotte$162K
- Aashish KumarCharlotte$160K
- James DeeringCharlotte$93K
- Ankur ManvarCharlotte$33K
- Gerald AronoffCharlotte$17K
- Raza KhanCharlotte$12K
- Alexander RothkrugCharlotte$10K
- Cameron CunninghamCharlotte$8K
- James NorthWinston Salem$721K
- Leonardo KapuralWinston Salem$523K
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.