Abram Burgher, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Phoenix, AZNPI 1942274105
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,102 of the $15,467 with a category attached, or 65.3%. 42 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik Inc. at 25.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,140 and has fallen 75.9% since, to $1,237 in 2025.
Across 387 payments — averaging $39.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Surgentec$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$862
- plus $4K from 36 others
Across 833 payments — averaging $7820.52 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Modernatx, Inc.$3.3M
- Pfizer$2.2M
- GSK$371K
- Johnson & Johnson$290K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$131K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$121K
- plus $119K from 6 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $18,205 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$109K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,47529%
- Travel & lodging$8495%
- Food & beverage$10,10265%
- Education$210%
- Gifts$200%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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.
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$900
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$431
- Omnia$418
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$294
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$275
- Intracept$268
- PROCLAIM$261
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$243
- ION Facet Screw$225
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$219
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$165
- Senza$143
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$139
- Proclaim IPG$136
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$135
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$123
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$121
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$117
- EVENITY$110
How this compares
$15,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 64 interventional pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 | 98 | $2,443 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 113 | $2,056 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 25 | $1,398 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 49 | $853 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 58 | $809 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $601 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 27 | $386 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 35 | $366 |
| Mupirocin | 45 | $352 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $318 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 16 | $302 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $245 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $151 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Phoenix
- Steven SiwekPhoenix$57K
- Ramoun JonesPhoenix$51K
- Lisa StearnsPhoenix$48K
- Jerome GrovePhoenix$21K
- Thomas MoshiriPhoenix$19K
- Adam SiwekPhoenix$14K
- Todd TurleyPhoenix$13K
- Jarrett LeathemPhoenix$11K
- Ankit PatelPhoenix$8K
- Chhavi ManchandaPhoenix$7K
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.