Daniel Nelson, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Kirkland, WANPI 1205878469
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.8%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 49.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,944 and has fallen 60.7% since, to $3,516 in 2025. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 319 payments — averaging $91.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$15K
- Si-bone, Inc.$6K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$2K
- MML US, Inc.$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$912
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,60019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,00020%
- Travel & lodging$5,16618%
- Food & beverage$12,54843%
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 | 196 | $14,561 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $5,704 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 15 | $1,809 |
| MML US, Inc. | 6 | $1,621 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 15 | $1,425 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 5 | $912 |
| Nevro Corp. | 16 | $827 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 7 | $452 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $448 |
| Painteq LLC | 4 | $264 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 7 | $253 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $195 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $177 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $110 |
| Abbott | 3 | $84 |
| Stryker | 1 | $68 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $40 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Invictus Surgical 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.
- SUPERION$6,233
- iFuse Implant$5,600
- Intracept$3,477
- ReActiv8$1,576
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$1,529
- Superion ISS$1,171
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,123
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$994
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$418
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$392
- PAINTEQ$244
- Prospera$135
- BIOTRONIK$132
- Senza$123
- mild Device Kit$121
How this compares
$29,314 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 interventional pain medicine providers in Washington.
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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.
Other interventional pain medicine in Kirkland
- Ray BakerKirkland$1.2M
- Charles ChabalKirkland$332
- Kyong KimLakewood$23K
- Hyun HongOlympia$16K
- Glen DavidSeattle$14K
- Kiang Yien CheungTacoma$12K
- Diyan RazaSeattle$12K
- Kathy WangPuyallup$11K
- Allen ShohamRichland$8K
- Kashif SaeedTacoma$4K
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.