Einar Ottestad, MD
Pain Medicine · Stanford, CANPI 1609076983
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.5%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by SPR Therapeutics, Inc at 31.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $88,202 and has fallen 72.5% since, to $24,245 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in CA 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 271 payments — averaging $1299.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$112K
- Bioventus LLC$89K
- Bioness Inc$87K
- Ipsen Innovation$24K
- Coloplast$16K
- Medtronic$11K
- plus $14K from 12 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $12,165 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bioventus LLC$41K
- Coloplast$20K
Across 1 payment — averaging $14,431 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc.$14K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$160,20545%
- Speaking & faculty fees$45,40013%
- Travel & lodging$41,35812%
- Food & beverage$18,5885%
- Education$84,15624%
- Entertainment$2,5221%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 99 | $111,583 |
| Bioventus LLC | 48 | $89,159 |
| Bioness Inc | 5 | $86,800 |
| Ipsen Innovation | 6 | $23,942 |
| Coloplast | 45 | $15,808 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $10,831 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 8 | $5,405 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $4,866 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 7 | $1,122 |
| Abbott | 16 | $857 |
| Painteq LLC | 7 | $711 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $405 |
| Rivanna Medical, Inc | 1 | $350 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $104 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $82 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
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.
- SPRINT PNS System$109,869
- Stimrouter for pain$86,800
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$65,216
- DYSPORT$23,875
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$4,866
- Iovera$4,842
- Prospera$949
- EXPAREL$520
- PAINTEQ$357
- Accuro$350
- Prodigy Family of SCS IPGs$267
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$248
- BIOTRONIK$173
- ETERNA$171
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$167
- Senza$136
- PROCLAIM$114
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$104
How this compares
$352,229 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
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 | 13 | $901 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $477 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $177 |
| Methadone Hcl | 15 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Stanford
- Robert CowanStanford$124K
- Vafi SalmasiStanford$55K
- Jennifer HahStanford$39K
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
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.