Eric Cornidez, MD
Pain Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1679792527
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $339,234 of the $495,694 with a category attached, or 68.4%. 45 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nalu Medical, Inc. at 33.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $236,245, more than ten times the $20,782 reported in 2019. Among pain medicine clinicians in AZ 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 1,619 payments — averaging $306.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$165K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$150K
- Abbott$108K
- Nevro Corp.$23K
- Globus Medical$19K
- Boston Scientific$14K
- plus $18K from 39 others
Across 51 payments — averaging $1687.77 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.
- Abbott$84K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$339,23468%
- Speaking & faculty fees$57,49812%
- Travel & lodging$55,29711%
- Food & beverage$43,6499%
- Education$40%
- Entertainment$130%
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.
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.
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$160,889
- Evoke$147,579
- PROCLAIM$42,719
- Senza$34,726
- Proclaim DRG IPG$15,504
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$13,986
- IonicRF Generator$10,455
- Proclaim IPG$9,573
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$5,530
- Omnia$3,825
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$3,059
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$2,523
- Qutenza$2,414
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,815
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,588
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,453
- Intracept$1,334
- ETERNA$1,020
- MitraClip$900
- ESPRIT$638
How this compares
$495,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $5,278 |
| Pregabalin | 35 | $1,722 |
| Gabapentin | 110 | $1,437 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 63 | $1,073 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 40 | $862 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 30 | $844 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 47 | $741 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 14 | $420 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $373 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 31 | $282 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $241 |
| Meloxicam | 62 | $195 |
| Ibuprofen | 22 | $114 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $91 |
| Alprazolam | 20 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Tucson
- Jared GilmanTucson$40K
- Efrain CubilloTucson$37K
- Kayven FarshadTucson$27K
- Jared WilsonTucson$26K
- Christopher BenhatzelTucson$16K
- Marco DuranTucson$15K
- Steven PrustTucson$15K
- Christopher BaileyTucson$13K
- Khushvant BholaTucson$13K
- Kenneth GosslerTucson$10K
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.