Brett Butz, MD
Pain Medicine · Chico, CANPI 1538155668
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 325 payments — averaging $25.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Painteq LLC$809
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$480
- AbbVie$468
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10413%
- Food & beverage$7,25287%
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 | 117 | $1,959 |
| Boston Scientific | 46 | $1,766 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $1,273 |
| Painteq LLC | 18 | $809 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 7 | $480 |
| AbbVie | 22 | $468 |
| Nevro Corp. | 14 | $335 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 19 | $310 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $241 |
| Stryker | 4 | $119 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $63 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 1 | $45 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SUPERION$1,211
- mild Device Kit$236
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$215
- ADAPTIVESTIM$180
- PAINTEQ$166
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$139
- Proclaim IPG$137
- Accurian$115
- NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM$104
How this compares
$8,356 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 840 pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 212 | $126,065 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 47 | $57,560 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 112 | $49,849 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,449 | $45,179 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 60 | $42,681 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 992 | $23,409 |
| Oxymorphone Hcl ErOxymorphone Hcl | 13 | $19,972 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 500 | $19,035 |
| Pregabalin | 438 | $13,375 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 427 | $12,013 |
| Gabapentin | 460 | $10,268 |
| Buprenorphine | 21 | $7,206 |
| Fentanyl | 35 | $4,797 |
| Hydrocodone Bitartrate ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 11 | $3,990 |
| Baclofen | 112 | $3,894 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $310 | $126,065212 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Other pain medicine in Chico
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$3.2M
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.8M
- Javid GhandehariSanta Monica$2.7M
- Alexander HerselThousand Oaks$2.1M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.9M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$1.7M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.6M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Xiang QianRedwood City$941K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$863K
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.