Drug Pain Management

Exparel

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Exparel. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$7.8Massociated payments (2023-2025)
23,137clinicians with associated payments
4companies reporting

By year

2023 $2.3M
2024 $2.5M
2025 $2.9M

Payments reported as associated with Exparel, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Anesthesiology $3.6M
Orthopaedic Surgery $1.2M
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered $612K
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $253K
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) $252K
Obstetrics & Gynecology $244K

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Exparel

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Exparel. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
James Mueller Dallas, TX Anesthesiology $337,326.36
Richard Teames Fort Worth, TX Anesthesiology $300,164.29
Jeffrey Gadsden Durham, NC Anesthesiology $296,996.55
Valentine Gibson Richardson, TX Anesthesiology $292,443.70
Ryan Mountjoy Portland, ME Anesthesiology $259,922.06
Jacob Hutchins Minneapolis, MN Anesthesiology $245,814.57
Gary Schwartz Brooklyn, NY Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) $225,380.67
Vinod Dasa Kenner, LA Orthopaedic Surgery $217,871.52
Margaret Holtz Marietta, GA Anesthesiology $213,935.31
Daniel Fenton Port St Lucie, FL Dentist $200,408.50

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.