Eric Freeman, MD
Pain Medicine · Vineyard, UTNPI 1679726772
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,440 of the $3,997 with a category attached, or 86.1%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 35.2% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $3,451.
Across 188 payments — averaging $21.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$561
- Medtronic$285
- Globus Medical$183
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$171
- plus $329 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$55014%
- Food & beverage$3,44086%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 61 | $1,407 |
| Boston Scientific | 52 | $1,060 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 3 | $561 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 41 | $285 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $183 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 10 | $171 |
| Stryker | 2 | $73 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $68 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $39 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $11 |
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 ISS$540
- Omnia$135
How this compares
$3,997 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 61 pain medicine providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 41 | $1,345 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 51 | $983 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 50 | $819 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 57 | $777 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $598 |
| Pregabalin | 40 | $597 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $386 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $298 |
| Celecoxib | 25 | $277 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $265 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Vineyard
- Joseph MosleyVineyard$8K
- Braden JexVineyard$7K
- Maria SchwartzSalt Lake City$813K
- Jeremy JoyalDraper$170K
- Lynn WebsterSalt Lake City$160K
- Benjamin HumpherysLayton$120K
- Derek HaightDraper$78K
- Jon ObraySt George$24K
- Jason BeckstrandWest Jordan$17K
- Austin AlbrightSalt Lake City$14K
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.