Christopher Davies, MD
Pain Medicine · Duluth, MNNPI 1194165050
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 41.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,588 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $578 in 2025.
Across 435 payments — averaging $37.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$7K
- MML US, Inc.$3K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$959
- plus $1K from 9 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $2349.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,96037%
- Food & beverage$9,08656%
- Education$1,2007%
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 | 310 | $6,800 |
| MML US, Inc. | 16 | $2,942 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 9 | $1,652 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,417 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 53 | $1,289 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 18 | $959 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $481 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 2 | $274 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $195 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $89 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Stryker | 2 | $51 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Vertex | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Intracept$3,612
- ReActiv8$2,653
- PROCLAIM$1,731
- Axium$710
- iFuse Implant$205
- Evoke$130
- Penta SCS Leads$122
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$114
How this compares
$16,246 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 88 pain medicine providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl | 22 | $3,575 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 133 | $2,789 |
| Metaxalone | 13 | $1,511 |
| Gabapentin | 104 | $1,461 |
| Methadone Hcl | 31 | $1,210 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 62 | $1,172 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $1,021 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 17 | $731 |
| Methocarbamol | 37 | $631 |
| Baclofen | 32 | $544 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 89 | $537 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 28 | $519 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 20 | $477 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 57 | $406 |
| Pregabalin | 56 | $405 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Duluth
- Zach BeresfordDuluth$839
- Richard StaynerEdina$105K
- David SchultzEdina$99K
- Jonathan HagedornRochester$83K
- Michael McEntireRochester$70K
- Ronald BoedingMaple Grove$68K
- Matthew ThorsonEdina$59K
- Sherri HaasEdina$51K
- Cody FosterCoon Rapids$36K
- Katelyn Parker-McgillAlexandria$32K
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.