John Qian
Pain Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1649290891
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 257 payments — averaging $29.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Nevro Corp.$999
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$598
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$104
- Abbott$75
- plus $214 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,09814%
- Food & beverage$6,47786%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 133 | $4,054 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 82 | $1,530 |
| Nevro Corp. | 16 | $999 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $598 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Abbott | 4 | $75 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $13 |
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.
How this compares
$7,575 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Other pain medicine in San Diego
- Nathaniel SchusterSan Diego$366K
- Mark WallaceSan Diego$340K
- Gemayel LeeSan Diego$131K
- Clayton VargaSan Diego$112K
- Jessica OswaldSan Diego$90K
- Kevin SmithSan Diego$80K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$3.2M
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.8M
- Javid GhandehariSanta Monica$2.7M
- Alexander HerselThousand Oaks$2.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.