Aman Upadhyay, MD
Pain Medicine · Cleveland, OHNPI 1598920886
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 59.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $11,455 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $733 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in OH 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 366 payments — averaging $110.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$24K
- Nevro Corp.$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$3K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$943
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,42543%
- Travel & lodging$8,56621%
- Food & beverage$14,46336%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 126 | $23,895 |
| Nevro Corp. | 64 | $4,513 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $4,149 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 18 | $2,915 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 18 | $1,196 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 6 | $943 |
| Abbott | 12 | $646 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 20 | $302 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 9 | $279 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 3 | $258 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 2 | $253 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $147 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $119 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $94 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $86 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $83 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Stryker | 4 | $60 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| 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.
- Intracept$8,272
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,446
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,965
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,889
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,579
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,333
- Omnia$1,178
- Evoke$758
- mild Device Kit$673
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$668
- Xvision$650
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$313
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$258
- SPRINT PNS System$129
- Superion ISS$121
- Proclaim IPG$118
How this compares
$40,454 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,163 | $26,491 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 689 | $18,527 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 15 | $14,084 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 19 | $7,620 |
| Pregabalin | 132 | $5,462 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 245 | $4,177 |
| Gabapentin | 245 | $3,522 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 57 | $2,368 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 201 | $2,003 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 263 | $1,939 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 162 | $1,918 |
| Fentanyl | 19 | $1,624 |
| Methocarbamol | 108 | $1,348 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 58 | $1,187 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 107 | $1,101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Cleveland
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
- Robert BolashCleveland$154K
- Salim HayekCleveland$34K
- Trishul KapoorCleveland$33K
- Edward CovingtonCleveland$25K
- Jianguo ChengCleveland$23K
- Kush GoyalCleveland$22K
- Jacob EzellCleveland$12K
- Jijun XuCleveland$10K
- Riad LahamCleveland$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.