Daniel Choi, MD
Pain Medicine · Koloa, HINPI 1164413696
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 510 payments — averaging $68.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$4K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$4K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$1K
- plus $5K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6002%
- Travel & lodging$12,28636%
- Food & beverage$21,46162%
- Entertainment$1610%
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(2 entities) | 203 | $12,005 |
| Boston Scientific | 103 | $6,383 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 31 | $4,418 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 29 | $4,015 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 9 | $1,495 |
| Abbott | 15 | $1,025 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 35 | $988 |
| Stryker | 6 | $764 |
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $616 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 16 | $474 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $446 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $266 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 6 | $233 |
| Vertex | 4 | $193 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $192 |
| Bioness Inc | 1 | $161 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 7 | $133 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Biogen | 4 | $125 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $116 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 6 | $102 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $59 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Amgen | 2 | $31 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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$11,735
- INTELLIS$4,464
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$3,722
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,476
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$1,104
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,089
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,012
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$841
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$700
- PROCLAIM$641
- Rocklatan$600
- mild Device Kit$600
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$296
- INCEPTIV$290
- Stimrouter for pain$161
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$147
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$146
- Superion ISS$129
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$128
- iFuse Implant$126
How this compares
Too few pain medicine providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 212 | $5,451 |
| Fentanyl | 30 | $5,253 |
| Gabapentin | 405 | $4,108 |
| AmitizaLubiprostone | 12 | $2,454 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 53 | $2,357 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 136 | $2,317 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 67 | $2,269 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 141 | $2,168 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 128 | $1,902 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $887 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 14 | $790 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 31 | $763 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 66 | $684 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 90 | $536 |
| Methadone Hcl | 36 | $471 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Koloa
- Jeffrey WangHonolulu$32K
- Troy TadaHonolulu$18K
- Dawn SparksLihue$17K
- Peter VuTripler Army Medical Center$15K
- Eric SunHonolulu$6K
- Nicholas TinkhamTripler Army Medical Center$6K
- Louis PauHonolulu$4K
- Nicholas MuraokaHonolulu$2K
- Daniel BurdickHonolulu$994
- Alexander PastinoTripler Amc$639
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.