Farshad Ahadian, MD
Pain Medicine · la Jolla, CANPI 1205854247
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,978 of the $2,582 with a category attached, or 76.6%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Relievant Medsystems, Inc. at 30.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,005 and has fallen 71.8% since, to $284 in 2025.
Across 43 payments — averaging $60.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$783
- Boston Scientific$531
- MML US, Inc.$366
- Medtronic$171
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$169
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$150
- plus $412 from 9 others
Across 90 payments — averaging $3854.51 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.
- Boston Scientific$285K
- Seikagaku Corporation$30K
- MML US, Inc.$25K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$60423%
- Food & beverage$1,97877%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 7 | $783 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $531 |
| MML US, Inc. | 5 | $366 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $171 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $169 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $86 |
| Abbott | 1 | $84 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $52 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $31 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Intracept$604
- ReActiv8$226
- Evoke$140
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$139
How this compares
$2,582 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th 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.
Other pain medicine in la Jolla
- Roger Kasendorfla Jolla$32K
- 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
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
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.