Shannon Garitty, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Waco, TXNPI 1629414065
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Surgentec at 41.5% of the total. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,042 payments — averaging $88.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgentec$38K
- Abbott$33K
- Medtronic$10K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$2K
- plus $5K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,58836%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,37511%
- Grants$10,00011%
- Travel & lodging$10,40911%
- Food & beverage$27,59630%
- Education$4500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgentec | 11 | $38,311 |
| Abbott | 739 | $32,583 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $10,374 |
| Nevro Corp. | 25 | $2,486 |
| Boston Scientific | 45 | $1,705 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 13 | $1,507 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 19 | $1,088 |
| Stryker | 6 | $1,038 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 50 | $792 |
| Curonix LLC | 51 | $754 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $564 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 23 | $353 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $221 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 11 | $163 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $84 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $82 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $39 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- TiLink$31,957
- ION$26,458
- PROCLAIM$18,073
- SYNCHROMED$10,000
- Intracept$2,148
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,987
- Proclaim IPG$1,583
- mild Device Kit$1,128
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$960
- SUPERION$542
- OCTRODE$450
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$243
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$203
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$147
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$146
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
- Absolute Pro vascular stent system$125
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$121
- INCEPTIV$118
How this compares
$92,417 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 287 interventional pain medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,106 | $33,157 |
| Pregabalin | 359 | $7,045 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 218 | $6,875 |
| Buprenorphine | 24 | $6,258 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 155 | $2,657 |
| Gabapentin | 166 | $2,384 |
| Lidocaine | 17 | $2,378 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 187 | $2,044 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 95 | $1,350 |
| Methocarbamol | 66 | $1,079 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 44 | $778 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 15 | $721 |
| Cephalexin | 77 | $583 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 55 | $541 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $485 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Waco
- Adam SpjuteWaco$23K
- Gabor RaczLubbock$3M
- Pankaj MehtaKilleen$2.1M
- Chad StephensSouthlake$1M
- Ankur KhoslaShenandoah$277K
- Brian RichDecatur$245K
- Brian BruelHouston$219K
- Bolkar SahinlerLubbock$188K
- Timothy RatinoFort Worth$139K
- Genaro GutierrezAustin$125K
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.