Vijay Babu, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Ocala, FLNPI 1356501779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,413 of the $33,369 with a category attached, or 61.2%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 54.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,088, 5.1 times the $2,164 reported in 2019. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in FL 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 251 payments — averaging $132.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$18K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$9K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Painteq LLC$1K
- Medtronic$906
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$791
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,41361%
- Travel & lodging$2,8559%
- Food & beverage$9,26528%
- Education$8373%
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 | 129 | $18,028 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 25 | $9,053 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $1,685 |
| Painteq LLC | 7 | $1,084 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $906 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 15 | $791 |
| Nevro Corp. | 18 | $432 |
| Abbott | 7 | $342 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $221 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $199 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $147 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 2 | $105 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Globus Medical | 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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$9,865
- mild Device Kit$8,646
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,470
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,429
- PAINTEQ$921
- Intracept$842
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$820
- PATRIOT SI$382
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$278
- PROCLAIM$165
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$115
- INTELLIS$100
How this compares
$33,369 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 278 interventional pain medicine providers in Florida.
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 | 342 | $12,042 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 359 | $6,991 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 12 | $6,775 |
| Gabapentin | 167 | $2,774 |
| Celecoxib | 14 | $2,349 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 279 | $1,957 |
| Fentanyl | 12 | $1,222 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 44 | $1,177 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 82 | $1,002 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 65 | $643 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 46 | $577 |
| Pregabalin | 46 | $527 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 34 | $521 |
| Methocarbamol | 39 | $402 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $379 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Ocala
- Louis RasoJupiter$1.3M
- Ajay AntonyGainesville$1.1M
- Michael EspositoVero Beach$777K
- Nomen AzeemRiverview$650K
- Stanley GolovacMerritt Island$367K
- Sunil PanchalLutz$363K
- Robert BallPort Charlotte$246K
- Justin MannJacksonville$243K
- Giuseppe PaeseBoca Raton$180K
- Miguel de la GarzaNew Port Richey$138K
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.