Ahdev Kuppusamy, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Gilbert, AZNPI 1982994745
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $20,571 of the $24,776 with a category attached, or 83.0%. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.3% of the total.
Across 546 payments — averaging $45.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$9K
- Nevro Corp.$5K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,15617%
- Food & beverage$20,57183%
- Education$490%
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 142 | $9,244 |
| Nevro Corp. | 127 | $5,198 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 85 | $3,174 |
| Boston Scientific | 49 | $1,371 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 13 | $1,303 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 9 | $1,155 |
| Medtronic | 23 | $1,052 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 13 | $491 |
| Stryker | 4 | $377 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $224 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 26 | $200 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 7 | $124 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $78 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $70 |
| Novartis | 3 | $70 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Amgen | 2 | $49 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $42 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 3 | $23 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 1 | $22 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $21 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$3,128
- Proclaim IPG$2,408
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$2,144
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,134
- Superion ISS$933
- Evoke$754
- Axium INS DRG IPG$464
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$391
- ARIA$293
- INCEPTIV$250
- mild Device Kit$244
- Omnia$241
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$237
- Senza$236
- OCTRODE$154
- Evoke SCS$153
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$136
- Axium$135
- Octrode SCS Leads$127
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$105
How this compares
$24,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 | 82 | $956 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 126 | $951 |
| Celecoxib | 34 | $833 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $825 |
| Mupirocin | 101 | $734 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $731 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 59 | $351 |
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $280 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 22 | $234 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $211 |
| Cephalexin | 33 | $181 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Gilbert
- Ajay YedduGilbert$52K
- Sachin NarainGilbert$31K
- Joseph CurlettaGilbert$8K
- Paul LynchScottsdale$283K
- Jack DiepLake Havasu City$233K
- Matthew RansonMesa$86K
- Steven SiwekPhoenix$57K
- Ramoun JonesPhoenix$51K
- Lisa StearnsPhoenix$48K
- Jennifer DaisPeoria$30K
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.