Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $8,630 | 545 | 81.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,993 | 6 | 18.8% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $7,261 | 443 | $0 (2024) |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | $827.10 | 50 | $0 (2024) |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | $728.05 | 7 | $0 (2021) |
| Baxter Healthcare | $691.71 | 7 | $0 (2023) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $312.84 | 13 | $0 (2021) |
| Avanos Medical | $176.17 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $107.03 | 6 | $0 (2023) |
| Curonix LLC | $91.03 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Stability Biologics, LLC | $88.69 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Medtronic USA, Inc. | $72.88 | 4 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $757.55 | 37 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($590.38) |
| 2023 | $760.05 | 38 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($638.39) |
| 2022 | $794.13 | 53 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($749.32) |
| 2021 | $1,713 | 67 | Relievant Medsystems, Inc. ($637.37) |
| 2020 | $1,054 | 59 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($322.76) |
| 2019 | $1,425 | 108 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($800.20) |
| 2018 | $1,466 | 115 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($1,054) |
| 2017 | $2,652 | 74 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($2,613) |
All Payment Transactions
551 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 23
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.45 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.91 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $110.18 | General |
| Category: General - Therapies_NMD | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.89 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.96 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 10/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.59 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 10/19/2024 | Nevro Corp. | Senza (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.80 | General |
| Category: Spinal Cord Stimulator | ||||||
| 10/07/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.91 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 10/04/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.55 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 09/09/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.19 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 09/03/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.57 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_NMD | ||||||
| 07/30/2024 | Vertos Medical, Inc. | mild Device Kit (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.68 | General |
| Category: Orthopedic | ||||||
| 07/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.57 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 07/17/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.92 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_NMD | ||||||
| 07/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.46 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 06/07/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.53 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.79 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_NMD | ||||||
| 05/22/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.68 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 05/03/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.82 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 04/23/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $7.92 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_NMD | ||||||
| 04/11/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.89 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 04/03/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $2.72 | General |
| Category: WaveWriter Alpha_NMD | ||||||
| 03/21/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.85 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_NMD | ||||||
| 03/20/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.91 | General |
| Category: General - Pain Management_NMD | ||||||
| 03/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.17 | General |
| Category: Clinical Trial Product_NMD | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17 | 1,830 | 9,224 | $908,005 | $187,524 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,391 | 6,597 | $775,430 | $130,601 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,657 | 7,477 | $1.1M | $173,651 |
| 2020 | 29 | 2,311 | 9,796 | $1.3M | $220,412 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
135 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64483 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Office | 2023 | 145 | 217 | $144,650 | $43,791 | 30.3% |
| 64483 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 186 | 293 | $203,225 | $28,727 | 14.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 138 | 173 | $88,230 | $16,064 | 18.2% |
| 64490 | Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Office | 2023 | 49 | 72 | $49,660 | $12,864 | 25.9% |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | Office | 2023 | 24 | 26 | $41,040 | $11,995 | 29.2% |
| 64636 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint | Office | 2023 | 24 | 47 | $26,715 | $11,771 | 44.1% |
| 64484 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level | Office | 2023 | 97 | 132 | $35,360 | $10,952 | 31.0% |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Office | 2023 | 27 | 41 | $25,300 | $6,803 | 26.9% |
| 64491 | Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level | Office | 2023 | 47 | 70 | $27,900 | $6,545 | 23.5% |
| 64484 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level | Facility | 2023 | 108 | 144 | $37,700 | $5,391 | 14.3% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2023 | 43 | 43 | $21,930 | $3,538 | 16.1% |
| 64494 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level | Office | 2023 | 25 | 36 | $13,520 | $3,426 | 25.3% |
| 77002 | Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement | Office | 2023 | 28 | 33 | $4,125 | $2,746 | 66.6% |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | Office | 2023 | 217 | 3,155 | $6,316 | $2,695 | 42.7% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 29 | 31 | $15,810 | $2,261 | 14.3% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $14,040 | $2,212 | 15.8% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 32 | 33 | $11,550 | $2,191 | 19.0% |
| 64490 | Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 24 | $15,600 | $2,061 | 13.2% |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 22 | $13,420 | $1,571 | 11.7% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 23 | $11,730 | $1,420 | 12.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $10,920 | $1,394 | 12.8% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Office | 2023 | 39 | 51 | $24,190 | $1,391 | 5.8% |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | Facility | 2023 | 48 | 71 | $31,980 | $1,260 | 3.9% |
| 64491 | Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 24 | $9,000 | $1,245 | 13.8% |
| 77002 | Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 50 | $6,250 | $1,014 | 16.2% |
About Dr. Robert Nesbitt, MD
Dr. Robert Nesbitt, MD is a Specialist healthcare provider based in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 12/13/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1891770855.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Robert Nesbitt, MD has received a total of $10,623 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $757.55 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 551 transactions from 22 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($8,630).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Nesbitt has provided services to 7,189 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 33,094 services with total Medicare billing of $712,187. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 135 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Specialist
- Other Specialties Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
- Location Vestavia Hills, AL
- Active Since 12/13/2005
- Last Updated 06/24/2025
- Taxonomy Code 174400000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1891770855
Products in Payments
- PRECISION (Device) $1,962
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (Device) $1,617
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16 (Device) $916.29
- mild Device Kit (Device) $827.10
- Intracept (Device) $728.05
- FLOSEAL (Device) $502.28
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA (Device) $301.10
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs (Device) $297.84
- GENERAL - PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $267.20
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $223.42
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER (REFURBISHED) (Device) $203.28
- SPECTRA SYSTEM (Device) $197.87
- FLOSEAL (Biological) $189.43
- General - Pain Management (Device) $155.31
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT (Device) $154.92
- Superion Indirect Decompression System (Device) $135.45
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY (Device) $119.04
- Spectra WaveWriter (Device) $118.81
- INFINION LEAD PERM (Device) $93.05
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A (Device) $91.03
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.