John Qian
Pain Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1649290891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,477 of the $7,575 with a category attached, or 85.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 53.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,046 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $192 in 2025.
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$337K
- Mark WallaceSan Diego$221K
- Gemayel LeeSan Diego$131K
- Jessica OswaldSan Diego$90K
- Zachary CohenSan Diego$36K
- Joel CastellanosSan Diego$30K
- David HillerSan Diego$30K
- Seth KatzenSan Diego$29K
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.