Samita Das
Pain Medicine · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1487092920
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,353 of the $9,554 with a category attached, or 77.0%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,475 and has fallen 64.4% since, to $880 in 2025.
Across 185 payments — averaging $51.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$393
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$281
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,20123%
- Food & beverage$7,35377%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 52 | $2,066 |
| Abbott | 43 | $1,992 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $1,504 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 12 | $1,435 |
| Nevro Corp. | 15 | $393 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 6 | $281 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $271 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $244 |
| MML US, Inc. | 6 | $221 |
| Stryker | 5 | $216 |
| Painteq LLC | 6 | $208 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $184 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $175 |
| Avanos Medical | 5 | $129 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $10 |
| 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.
- Intracept$4,263
- SYNCHROMED$1,114
- PROCLAIM$796
- ETERNA$291
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$275
- Prospera$271
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$257
- ReActiv8$140
- Evoke$127
- Proclaim IPG$126
- SPRINT PNS System$118
- Evoke SCS$118
- Senza$106
- PAINTEQ$102
How this compares
$9,554 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 97 pain medicine providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 366 | $5,871 |
| Pregabalin | 292 | $5,269 |
| Methocarbamol | 67 | $1,159 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 73 | $1,130 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 80 | $969 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 35 | $548 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $445 |
| Topiramate | 39 | $414 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 30 | $344 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 19 | $332 |
| Nabumetone | 23 | $302 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 47 | $168 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $164 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $132 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Baton Rouge
- Jason GremillionBaton Rouge$19K
- Barrett JohnstonBaton Rouge$14K
- Samir PatelBaton Rouge$11K
- Andrew BarkerBaton Rouge$9K
- Jake TrahanBaton Rouge$9K
- William GraugnardBaton Rouge$7K
- Paul KrammBaton Rouge$5K
- Jyoti PhamBaton Rouge$4K
- Thomas MyersMandeville$118K
- Alan KayeNew Orleans$76K
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.