Dr. Robert Nesbitt, MD

NPI: 1891770855
Total Payments
$10,623
2024 Payments
$757.55
Companies
22
Transactions
551
Medicare Patients
7,189
Medicare Billing
$712,187

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$8,630 (81.2%)
Travel$1,993 (18.8%)

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
Total Patients
7,189
Total Services
33,094
Medicare Billing
$712,187
Procedure Codes
135

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

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.

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