Craig Saran
Pain Medicine · Glendale, AZNPI 1508125709
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,728 of the $13,814 with a category attached, or 70.4%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.8% of the total.
Across 271 payments — averaging $50.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$306
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1108%
- Travel & lodging$2,96421%
- Food & beverage$9,72870%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 58 | $4,945 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 19 | $2,048 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 45 | $1,695 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 44 | $1,413 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 38 | $1,402 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 8 | $306 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $304 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $290 |
| Stryker | 4 | $248 |
| Painteq LLC | 5 | $223 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $209 |
| Abbott | 2 | $158 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $52 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Superion ISS$1,739
- Intracept$1,075
- Prospera$809
- INTELLIS$613
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$576
- NA$555
- mild Device Kit$404
- CLICK$284
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$260
- Avista MRI$249
- ENTRADA$233
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$184
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$170
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$148
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$141
- OCTRODE$140
- XLIF$115
- Modulus$113
- PAINTEQ$110
How this compares
$13,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 61 | $12,717 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 325 | $9,345 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 15 | $8,395 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 487 | $7,735 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $6,003 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 210 | $4,973 |
| Pregabalin | 98 | $3,995 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 120 | $3,331 |
| Gabapentin | 159 | $3,118 |
| Fentanyl | 27 | $2,382 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 168 | $2,174 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 92 | $1,846 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 26 | $1,535 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 99 | $1,244 |
| Methocarbamol | 45 | $1,113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Glendale
- Omar SyedGlendale$10K
- David ParkerGlendale$9K
- Patrick HoganGlendale$8K
- Eric CornidezTucson$496K
- Tory McJunkinScottsdale$204K
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
- Chad PletnickOro Valley$137K
- Tristan PicoChandler$121K
- Selaiman NooriLake Havasu City$104K
- Christine HaddadPhoenix$98K
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.