Christopher Burton
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1508353525
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (50.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 80.1% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,652 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $1,326 in 2025. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 63 payments — averaging $158.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Nevro Corp.$426
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$339
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$208
- Stratus Medical, LLC$204
- Globus Medical$189
- plus $614 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$5,00050%
- Travel & lodging$1,27413%
- Food & beverage$3,68237%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 41 | $7,976 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $426 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $339 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $208 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 2 | $204 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $189 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $150 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Abbott | 1 | $104 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$5,000
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,552
- Senza$374
- Evoke SCS$339
- INCEPTIV$334
- Nimbus$165
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$152
- XEOMIN$139
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$136
- ETERNA$104
How this compares
$9,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 41 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in New Mexico.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 128 | $2,606 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 56 | $1,078 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 62 | $1,052 |
| Baclofen | 62 | $811 |
| Methocarbamol | 63 | $793 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 35 | $657 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 27 | $487 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 50 | $415 |
| Pregabalin | 19 | $322 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $298 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $170 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $91 |
| Diazepam | 14 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Albuquerque
- Reza EhsanianAlbuquerque$19K
- Martin ManansalaAlbuquerque$7K
- Terry HansenAlbuquerque$7K
- John SloanAlbuquerque$6K
- Jack ChienAlbuquerque$5K
- Julie MucheAlbuquerque$3K
- Gwen LacerdaAlbuquerque$2K
- Carlos EsparzaAlbuquerque$1K
- Pamela BlackAlbuquerque$1K
- Anthony ReeveAlbuquerque$526
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.