RxDoctor Payments Data

Bryt Christensen, MD

Pain Medicine · St George, UTNPI 1710203047

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 304 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 67.3% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest.

$6,093in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 304 payments — averaging $20.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$4K
  • Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$543
  • Nevro Corp.$336
  • Abbott$136
  • AbbVie$99
  • Stryker$92
  • plus $785 from 20 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$2003%
  • Food & beverage$5,89397%

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

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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.

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

$6,093 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 61 pain medicine providers in Utah.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$611,500
Medicare patients
768
Services billed
9,066

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen245$7,357
Oxycodone Hcl153$3,484
Fentanyl48$3,459
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen61$1,970
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate51$1,736
Pregabalin77$1,368
Gabapentin83$1,215
Tramadol Hcl61$830
Celecoxib34$722
Hydromorphone Hcl11$707
Duloxetine Hcl42$455
Morphine Sulfate12$425
Tizanidine Hcl28$419
Ibuprofen20$290
Methylprednisolone32$272

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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