John Swofford
Pain Medicine · Indianapolis, INNPI 1326040254
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $107,450 of the $126,571 with a category attached, or 84.9%. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 92.2% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $46,134 and has fallen 75.1% since, to $11,493 in 2023. Among pain medicine clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 202 payments — averaging $626.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$117K
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Medtronic$275
- Abbott$132
- Johnson & Johnson$12
- Nevro Corp.$11
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$107,45085%
- Travel & lodging$15,36812%
- Food & beverage$3,7533%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 183 | $116,761 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $9,381 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $275 |
| Abbott | 1 | $132 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
- iFuse Implant$100,333
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$10,881
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$8,414
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$664
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$132
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$124
- ADAPTIVESTIM$120
- VECTRIS$119
How this compares
$126,571 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 128 pain medicine providers in Indiana.
Other pain medicine in Indianapolis
- Philip ShumskyIndianapolis$27K
- Michael GoldbergIndianapolis$13K
- Thelma Green MackIndianapolis$11K
- Troy PfefferkornIndianapolis$8K
- Lori KieferIndianapolis$5K
- Raheleh Rahimi DarabadIndianapolis$5K
- Ting WeiIndianapolis$5K
- Ahmed ElsahyIndianapolis$5K
- John KihlkenIndianapolis$4K
- Derron WilsonCarmel$616K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.