Anne Christopher, MD
Pain Medicine · Chesterfield, MONPI 1598709073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (30.4%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stimwave Technologies Incorporated at 34.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $42,204 and has fallen 68.3% since, to $13,378 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in MO 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 701 payments — averaging $149.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$36K
- Abbott$30K
- Boston Scientific$11K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$8K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$4K
- Si-bone, Inc.$3K
- plus $11K from 19 others
Across 370 payments — averaging $3112.56 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.
- Boston Scientific$535K
- Abbott$480K
- Vertex$96K
- Biotronik Inc.$18K
- Si-bone, Inc.$17K
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$4K
- plus $708 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,78029%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,42920%
- Travel & lodging$17,14316%
- Food & beverage$31,80130%
- Gifts$2,5632%
- Entertainment$2,7673%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 80 | $35,751 |
| Abbott | 311 | $30,107 |
| Boston Scientific | 96 | $11,159 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 42 | $8,401 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 39 | $4,464 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 18 | $3,369 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 14 | $2,593 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 3 | $2,337 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 15 | $1,420 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 26 | $1,406 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 12 | $816 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $797 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 11 | $674 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $342 |
| MML US, Inc. | 4 | $198 |
| Amgen | 1 | $139 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $100 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $99 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Stryker | 2 | $75 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $47 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$22,266
- Intracept$12,402
- Prospera$7,062
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$5,274
- Superion ISS$2,373
- MYOBLOC$2,324
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,925
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,171
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$1,148
- Evoke$702
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$641
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$600
- ETERNA$537
- Omnia$272
- iFuse Implant$253
- Proclaim IPG$245
- Senza$175
- ReActiv8$163
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$147
- RESTORE$145
How this compares
$104,483 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Missouri.
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 | 453 | $8,733 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 529 | $4,738 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 140 | $3,908 |
| Pregabalin | 147 | $3,022 |
| Gabapentin | 98 | $1,789 |
| Lidocaine | 17 | $1,162 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 161 | $1,150 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 13 | $839 |
| Cephalexin | 76 | $448 |
| Baclofen | 30 | $317 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $264 |
| Celecoxib | 26 | $260 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 18 | $250 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $155 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $149 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Chesterfield
- Christopher ReisCape Girardeau$113K
- Tyler ConcannonKansas City$64K
- Vinicius Tieppo FrancioSaint Louis$35K
- Luvell GlantonHannibal$33K
- Jooyoung MaengSaint Louis$25K
- Travis FoxxLiberty$23K
- Nabil AhmadSaint Louis$21K
- Chad SheltonSaint Peters$18K
- Katharine GurbaSaint Louis$18K
- Bryan WhitlowBridgeton$17K
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.