Christopher Vaughan, MD
Pain Medicine · Boise, IDNPI 1366822926
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (43.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,433 and has fallen 65.7% since, to $4,607 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in ID with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 362 payments — averaging $71.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$728
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$11,25043%
- Travel & lodging$6,02123%
- Food & beverage$8,59633%
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(2 entities) | 42 | $12,081 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $3,661 |
| Abbott | 110 | $2,955 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 15 | $2,145 |
| Stryker | 6 | $1,272 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 7 | $728 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $640 |
| Curonix LLC | 56 | $542 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 13 | $324 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 5 | $314 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $254 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $164 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 18 | $158 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 7 | $121 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $64 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $49 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Vertex | 1 | $23 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- SYNCHROMED$11,250
- Intracept$2,276
- InSpan$1,564
- SIJFuse$1,564
- FacetFuse$1,564
- NanoFuse$1,564
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$1,174
- PROCLAIM$1,136
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$823
- SPRINT PNS System$515
- ETERNA$288
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$262
- Proclaim IPG$109
- mild Device Kit$100
How this compares
$25,867 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 32 pain medicine providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 24 | $13,178 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 354 | $9,701 |
| Buprenorphine | 35 | $7,315 |
| Pregabalin | 162 | $5,632 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 144 | $3,794 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 149 | $3,490 |
| Celecoxib | 35 | $2,852 |
| Gabapentin | 161 | $2,385 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 55 | $1,689 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 21 | $1,134 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 22 | $924 |
| Cefadroxil | 104 | $757 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 42 | $655 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 18 | $615 |
| Baclofen | 43 | $528 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Boise
- Jason WilliamsBoise$177K
- Sandra ThompsonBoise$58K
- William BinegarBoise$5K
- Rebekah GuyBoise$3K
- Daniel MarshBoise$2K
- Clinton MallariBoise$1K
- Slavik OsipchukBoise$146
- Richard DuboseBoise$20
- Jessica JamesonPost Falls$261K
- Daniel SmithIdaho Falls$11K
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.