John Hong, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1932127008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.1% of the total across 182 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 30.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,752 and has fallen 70.9% since, to $510 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $7,299.
Across 182 payments — averaging $33.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Nevro Corp.$873
- Boston Scientific$580
- Medtronic$424
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$329
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$315
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,43890%
- Education$59810%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 23 | $1,839 |
| Nevro Corp. | 31 | $873 |
| Boston Scientific | 27 | $580 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $424 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $329 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $315 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 9 | $280 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 5 | $264 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $178 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $153 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $117 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $65 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $60 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $50 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $42 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 3 | $24 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Active Medical, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- Proclaim IPG$573
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$162
- Proclaim DRG IPG$145
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$139
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$139
- Senza$135
- Omnia$116
How this compares
$6,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 26 interventional 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 23 | $490 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Salt Lake City
- Jie LuoSalt Lake City$8K
- David ByrdSalt Lake City$7K
- Richard GlinesSalt Lake City$4K
- Bryan HoelzerVineyard$718K
- Nathan ClementsSaint George$29K
- Rick ObraySt George$23K
- Brian RichardsonLogan$19K
- Alex NelsonMurray$17K
- Steven LarsenSaint George$14K
- J Riley StringhamProvo$13K
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.