Chris Cary, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · North Chelmsford, MANPI 1326466525
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.5%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 43.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in MA, where the typical reported total is $4,278.
Across 54 payments — averaging $60.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- AbbVie$471
- Lundbeck LLC$101
- Boston Scientific$35
- Stryker$35
- plus $66 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,12634%
- Food & beverage$1,95960%
- Education$2076%
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 | 13 | $1,445 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $1,140 |
| AbbVie | 20 | $471 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $101 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $35 |
| Stryker | 1 | $35 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $32 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
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$922
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$755
- ETERNA$150
How this compares
$3,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 22 interventional pain medicine providers in Massachusetts.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefpodoxime Proxetil | 31 | $1,890 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 102 | $1,702 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 111 | $1,266 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $905 |
| Gabapentin | 50 | $516 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $494 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $398 |
| Pregabalin | 24 | $394 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 26 | $368 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 45 | $152 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 11 | $123 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $118 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $91 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in North Chelmsford
- Warren Mackie-JenkinsBoston$65K
- Mark JonesBoston$48K
- Frederic GergesBoston$21K
- David DibenedettoWaltham$17K
- Anil KumarStoneham$8K
- Omar QureshiFitchburg$7K
- Rami RustumMethuen$6K
- Janet PearlFramingham$5K
- Yuri KhibkinHolyoke$5K
- Erica BialBurlington$5K
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.