Avijit Sharma, MD
Pain Medicine · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1245692979
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 33.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $9,785 and has fallen 79.0% since, to $2,050 in 2025.
Across 273 payments — averaging $82.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$8K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,31341%
- Food & beverage$13,19759%
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 | 64 | $7,581 |
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $3,767 |
| Nevro Corp. | 54 | $2,946 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 22 | $2,228 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $1,405 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 24 | $1,266 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $810 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $683 |
| Painteq LLC | 11 | $575 |
| Stryker | 5 | $264 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 7 | $256 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $149 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 2 | $93 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 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.
- PROCLAIM$5,700
- Intracept$4,653
- Evoke$2,062
- SUPERION$1,405
- VERTIFLEX SUPERION$1,366
- Omnia$1,180
- mild Device Kit$690
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$437
- PAINTEQ$362
- ETERNA$320
- OCTRODE$318
- Senza$316
- INTELLIS$159
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$154
- SPRINT PNS System$149
- Prospera$147
- Avista MRI$140
- ReActiv8$135
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
- CLICK$119
How this compares
$22,511 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 93 | $2,593 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 106 | $2,243 |
| Gabapentin | 93 | $1,486 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 56 | $1,029 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $453 |
| Pregabalin | 29 | $378 |
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $374 |
| Methylprednisolone | 38 | $257 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 30 | $205 |
| Meloxicam | 64 | $198 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $161 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 12 | $150 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $104 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Vivek IyerScottsdale$70K
- Natalie StrandScottsdale$22K
- Jason JensenScottsdale$21K
- Matthew CrooksScottsdale$21K
- Nikesh SethScottsdale$15K
- Ashu GoyleScottsdale$10K
- Monica TorresScottsdale$8K
- Eric CornidezTucson$496K
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
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.