Cody Yerger, MD
Pain Medicine · Columbus, OHNPI 1023451580
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 56.7% of the total.
Across 91 payments — averaging $73.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abbott$143
- Stryker$135
- Edwards Lifesciences$125
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$116
- plus $328 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,76241%
- Food & beverage$3,67255%
- Education$2834%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 45 | $3,812 |
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $2,058 |
| Abbott | 1 | $143 |
| Stryker | 1 | $135 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $125 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $116 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $94 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $39 |
| Vertex | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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$1,378
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$964
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$403
- INCEPTIV$268
- PROCLAIM$143
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$136
- mild Device Kit$135
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$125
- PRIALT$116
- Prospera$105
How this compares
$6,717 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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.
Other pain medicine in Columbus
- Tristan WeaverColumbus$202K
- Joanna PengColumbus$9K
- Alexander EscobarToledo$638K
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
- Henry VuceticWilloughby$509K
- Tammy DannDayton$431K
- Michael DankoLoveland$381K
- Jonathan SilvermanDayton$234K
- Robert BolashCleveland$154K
- Dmitri SouzaCuyahoga Falls$61K
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.