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Ellen Lin, MD

Pain Medicine · San Antonio, TXNPI 1548273501

Payments from drug & device makers

$251,228in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,545 payments — averaging $162.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Nevro Corp.$186K
  • Curonix LLC$17K
  • Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$11K
  • Globus Medical$9K
  • Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$6K
  • Boston Scientific$4K
  • plus $19K from 54 others
$21,487in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 4 payments — averaging $5371.66 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.

  • Nevro Corp.$21K
  • Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$45

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$10,8059%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$47,40040%
  • Travel & lodging$13,71412%
  • Food & beverage$44,30538%
  • Education$1970%
  • Gifts$2390%
  • Entertainment$1,3661%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Nevro Corp.582$186,397
Curonix LLC22$16,635
Stimwave Technologies Incorporated48$10,846
Globus Medical122$9,137
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.18$5,514
Boston Scientific25$3,808
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.193$3,734
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.4$2,407
AbbVie(2 entities)41$1,932
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.123$1,204
Vertos Medical, Inc.10$1,177
Hydrocision, Inc.10$799
Spinefrontier, Inc.4$703
Amgen(2 entities)23$654
Abbott10$538
Pfizer48$528
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.30$471
Lundbeck LLC21$419
Vertiflex, Inc.17$321
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.16$275
MML US, Inc.2$259
Eisai Inc.14$257
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.27$235
Novo Nordisk7$230
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.9$212
SPR Therapeutics, Inc3$190
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC10$149
Almatica Pharma LLC7$139
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.7$137
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.14$131
Painteq LLC1$117
Camber Spine Technologies LLC1$112
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC7$104
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.4$97
Angiodynamics, Inc.1$93
Lilly USA, LLC6$92
Interventional Pain Technologies Inc.2$90
Novartis5$85
Medtronic3$85
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.6$82
Merck5$79
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$75
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$64
GRT US Holding, Inc.3$63
Vertex2$59
Si-bone, Inc.1$57
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc2$56
Nalu Medical, Inc.3$47
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC3$40
MDD US Operations, LLC2$39
Trevena, Inc.1$38
Averitas Pharma Inc.2$38
Zimmer Biomet1$37
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$31
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$28
Spinal Simplicity, LLC1$22
Valinor Pharma, LLC1$18
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC1$15
IBSA Pharma Inc.1$15
Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC1$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.

How this compares

$251,228 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,099,109
Medicare patients
964
Services billed
19,734

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
NucyntaTapentadol Hcl99$174,579
Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl52$104,438
BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl73$53,865
Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate19$34,356
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen975$25,090
Buprenorphine30$11,055
Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine127$3,332
Baclofen197$2,243
Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl32$2,058
Pregabalin111$1,881
Gabapentin152$1,721
Methocarbamol67$1,378
Lidocaine17$1,346
Fentanyl15$1,252
Tramadol Hcl182$1,177

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta, Nucynta Er, Belbuca$1,204$332,882224 claims
PfizerNurtec Odt$528$34,35619 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 583 pain medicine providers in Texas.

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