Imanuel Lerman, MD
Pain Medicine · la Jolla, CANPI 1205010030
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $4,125 of the $5,097 with a category attached, or 80.9%. Medtronic accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,467 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $134 in 2024.
Across 16 payments — averaging $318.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$229
- Boston Scientific$223
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$180
- MML US, Inc.$165
- Tenex Health Inc.$11
Across 7 payments — averaging $8751.91 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.$38K
- Boston Scientific$24K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,12581%
- Food & beverage$97219%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 7 | $4,289 |
| Abbott | 3 | $229 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $223 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 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.
- ReActiv8$165
- Proclaim IPG$136
How this compares
$5,097 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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.