Alexander Turfe, DO
Pain Medicine · Wyandotte, MINPI 1457883878
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $30,000 of the $40,542 with a category attached, or 74.0%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $31,811 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $1,078 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 113 payments — averaging $358.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$21K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Abbott$3K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$394
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$30,00074%
- Travel & lodging$4,73612%
- Food & beverage$5,80614%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 8 | $20,684 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $12,332 |
| Abbott | 22 | $3,272 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 15 | $1,461 |
| Nevro Corp. | 14 | $1,053 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 7 | $394 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $338 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $296 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $163 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $156 |
| Stryker | 1 | $124 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $114 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$20,000
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$10,000
- PROCLAIM$2,912
- SUPERION$1,281
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$1,102
- Senza$684
- Intracept$623
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$529
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$324
- mild Device Kit$296
- Omnia$296
- SPRINT PNS System$254
- INTELLIS$168
- INCEPTIV$140
- SPINEJACK$124
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$121
- UBRELVY$111
How this compares
$40,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 139 pain medicine providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 306 | $13,492 |
| Pregabalin | 310 | $7,635 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 642 | $6,601 |
| Gabapentin | 474 | $4,187 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 20 | $4,101 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 157 | $1,872 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 69 | $1,456 |
| Celecoxib | 101 | $1,391 |
| Naproxen | 65 | $1,364 |
| Lidocaine | 19 | $1,039 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 91 | $965 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 58 | $763 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 63 | $649 |
| Methocarbamol | 44 | $397 |
| Baclofen | 21 | $362 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Wyandotte
- Kendall GroseWyandotte$26K
- Harry SukumaranRochester Hills$304K
- Nasir KhatriFlint$133K
- Yijia ChuGrand Rapids$88K
- Mark MounayerSouthfield$85K
- Jeffrey RosenbergCanton$44K
- Craig HartrickRoyal Oak$26K
- Patrick ForrestAnn Arbor$23K
- Anmar DalatiDetroit$23K
- Rakesh VakhariyaSterling Heights$21K
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.