John Salazar
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 175 payments — averaging $37.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Abbott$689
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$451
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$377
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$288
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1252%
- Travel & lodging$77812%
- Food & beverage$5,68486%
- Education$120%
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 | 24 | $2,188 |
| Nevro Corp. | 35 | $1,043 |
| Abbott | 10 | $689 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 10 | $451 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 28 | $377 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 13 | $288 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 5 | $217 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $156 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 7 | $150 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $144 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $112 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $100 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $87 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $63 |
| Vertex | 2 | $50 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Stryker | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 1 | $17 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Painteq LLC | 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.
- Intracept$1,264
- PROCLAIM$447
- mild Device Kit$390
- SUPERION$237
- Omnia$150
- Senza$149
- PRODIGY$137
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$127
- NA$125
- NURTEC ODT$124
- ENTRADA$120
- CLICK$113
- MOVANTIK$102
How this compares
$6,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,119 family providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 45 | $38,963 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 66 | $30,191 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 349 | $13,070 |
| Etodolac | 187 | $7,795 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 234 | $7,049 |
| Celecoxib | 71 | $5,559 |
| Buprenorphine | 22 | $4,905 |
| Baclofen | 228 | $3,640 |
| Gabapentin | 246 | $3,440 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 216 | $3,086 |
| Pregabalin | 115 | $2,973 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 150 | $2,293 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 51 | $1,962 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 117 | $1,841 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 109 | $1,654 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca | $377 | $38,96345 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $150 | $30,19166 claims |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLCLactulose | $17 | $22528 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 4,119 family providers in Arizona.
Other family in Mesa
- Sharon MagalonaMesa$449K
- Rebecca McCollaumMesa$149K
- Angela StuffMesa$22K
- Maria Norivic SorianoMesa$15K
- Kelly MatthewsMesa$15K
- Angela GoldenMunds Park$378K
- Kimberly HallaPhoenix$332K
- Kaitlyn LouchheimScottsdale$208K
- Susan SarabiaSun City West$114K
- Lindsay CarterTucson$108K
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.