Arun Rajagopal
Interventional Pain Medicine · Cottonwood Heights, UTNPI 1942230602
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 84 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $901 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $20 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $7,299.
Across 84 payments — averaging $17.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$338
- Pfizer$163
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$145
- Boston Scientific$134
- Nevro Corp.$93
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$92
- plus $502 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,467100%
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 | 4 | $338 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $163 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 8 | $145 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $134 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $93 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $92 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $78 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $75 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $41 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $37 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $35 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kaleo, 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.
How this compares
$1,467 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 26 interventional pain medicine providers in Utah.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 209 | $4,126 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 98 | $3,071 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 48 | $1,332 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 22 | $663 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 13 | $471 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 36 | $462 |
| Pregabalin | 18 | $369 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 13 | $361 |
| Methadone Hcl | 25 | $360 |
| Carisoprodol | 15 | $343 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $327 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $236 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Cottonwood Heights
- Rajiv ShahCottonwood Heights$5K
- Kyle MatsumuraCottonwood Heights$2K
- Bryan HoelzerVineyard$718K
- Nathan ClementsSaint George$29K
- Rick ObraySt George$23K
- Brian RichardsonLogan$19K
- Alex NelsonMurray$17K
- Steven LarsenSaint George$14K
- J Riley StringhamProvo$13K
- Craig DavisWest Jordan$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.