Christopher Yih, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine · Buena Park, CANPI 1427580729
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $15,000 of the $24,231 with a category attached, or 61.9%. Boston Scientific accounts for 69.9% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $19,952 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $704 in 2025.
Across 117 payments — averaging $207.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$17K
- Medtronic$3K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Abbott$510
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$510
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$348
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,00062%
- Travel & lodging$2,46110%
- Food & beverage$6,00425%
- Education$7673%
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 | 18 | $16,936 |
| Medtronic | 34 | $2,647 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $1,366 |
| Abbott | 10 | $510 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 7 | $510 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 7 | $348 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $348 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $321 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $308 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $211 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $202 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $127 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 2 | $59 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $51 |
| Amgen | 2 | $48 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $25 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$15,157
- Intracept$1,285
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,191
- Omnia$767
- mild Device Kit$368
- XEOMIN$280
- PROCLAIM$228
- ReActiv8$226
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$209
- Senza$141
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$139
- INCEPTIV$132
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$127
- Evoke$117
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$104
How this compares
$24,231 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 117 | $2,872 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 50 | $1,923 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $354 |
| Gabapentin | 48 | $299 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 12 | $279 |
| Pregabalin | 20 | $275 |
| Baclofen | 18 | $240 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 20 | $226 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $90 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Buena Park
- Phillip LimBuena Park$127K
- Michael Verdolinla Mesa$507K
- Tim LeierRancho Mirage$449K
- Jonathan GrossmanVisalia$404K
- Kasra MaasumiRancho Santa Margarita$388K
- Andrew GermanovichRancho Mirage$333K
- David LeeYorba Linda$257K
- Standiford HelmOrange$254K
- Patrick BuchananCamarillo$219K
- Chau VuSanta Rosa$141K
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.