Andrew Thio, MD
Anesthesiology · Murrieta, CANPI 1356310957
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 677 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 94.4% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among anesthesiology clinicians in CA 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 677 payments — averaging $38.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$25K
- Nevro Corp.$632
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$185
- Si-bone, Inc.$174
- Abbott$152
- Boston Scientific$114
- plus $222 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$25,96198%
- Education$4312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 646 | $24,912 |
| Nevro Corp. | 14 | $632 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $185 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $174 |
| Abbott | 2 | $152 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $114 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $76 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$6,519
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$542
- Vanta$150
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$114
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$114
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$114
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$114
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$114
- Senza$114
- INTELLIS$105
- RESTORE$101
How this compares
$26,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,717 anesthesiology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 113 | $1,874 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $394 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 14 | $197 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 17 | $191 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $179 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 62 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Murrieta
- Stanford PlavinMurrieta$42K
- Jack JengSouth San Francisco$1.3M
- Roger PhillipsChico$434K
- David DeyhimyLaguna Hills$344K
- Maxime CannessonLos Angeles$336K
- Alexander RoherSan Diego$282K
- Moody MakarLos Angeles$252K
- Jonathan JahrLos Angeles$223K
- Amir ShbeebLong Beach$216K
- Lawrence ChuStanford$205K
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.