Charles Sisson
Pain Medicine · Fort Collins, CONPI 1699717181
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,434 of the $5,618 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 35.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,856 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $160 in 2025.
Across 141 payments — averaging $39.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$955
- Abbott$317
- Boston Scientific$218
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$100
- plus $416 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,18439%
- Food & beverage$3,43461%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 51 | $2,010 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 21 | $1,602 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $955 |
| Abbott | 9 | $317 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $218 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $94 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $27 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
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 ISS$953
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$711
- INTELLIS$617
- S-Series SCS Leads$140
- Omnia$119
How this compares
$5,618 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 96 pain medicine providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $1,085 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | $335 |
| Fluconazole | 12 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Fort Collins
- Matthew PouliotFort Collins$26K
- Colin CarpenterFort Collins$2K
- Robert MoghimGolden$273K
- Jack RentzGreenwood Village$264K
- Donald BernardiniEnglewood$102K
- Haley BurkeAurora$55K
- Amar PatelThornton$47K
- David ColumbusLoveland$30K
- Justin MerkowEnglewood$24K
- Daniel FeldmanBroomfield$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.