Christopher Bailey, MD
Pain Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1871989301
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,419 of the $13,440 with a category attached, or 70.1%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.5%.
Across 337 payments — averaging $39.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Medtronic$847
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1251%
- Travel & lodging$3,89629%
- Food & beverage$9,41970%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 42 | $3,153 |
| Abbott | 114 | $2,313 |
| Nevro Corp. | 34 | $2,101 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 73 | $1,910 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 11 | $1,459 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $847 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 18 | $779 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $113 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $21 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,342
- Intracept$1,145
- Omnia$959
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$679
- RESTORE$638
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$557
- mild Device Kit$502
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$261
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$150
- Axium$127
- SUPERION$120
- PROCLAIM$103
How this compares
$13,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 134 | $3,400 |
| Gabapentin | 139 | $2,175 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 68 | $1,643 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $1,001 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 58 | $836 |
| Celecoxib | 25 | $644 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 14 | $374 |
| Methocarbamol | 33 | $366 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $226 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 17 | $211 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $200 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 29 | $196 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $149 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $123 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Tucson
- Eric CornidezTucson$496K
- Jared GilmanTucson$40K
- Efrain CubilloTucson$37K
- Kayven FarshadTucson$27K
- Jared WilsonTucson$26K
- Christopher BenhatzelTucson$16K
- Marco DuranTucson$15K
- Steven PrustTucson$15K
- Khushvant BholaTucson$13K
- Kenneth GosslerTucson$10K
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.