Jonathan Carlson, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Kailua, HINPI 1538206644
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.3%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 51.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $72,229 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $2,143 in 2025.
Across 490 payments — averaging $262.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$66K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$40K
- Boston Scientific$11K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$1K
- Painteq LLC$1K
- plus $5K from 23 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $1354.85 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Mesoblast, Inc.$16K
- Abbott$7K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$43
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$51,88040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,65731%
- Travel & lodging$15,21712%
- Food & beverage$22,02517%
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 | 261 | $66,397 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 35 | $40,191 |
| Boston Scientific | 56 | $10,642 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 39 | $4,144 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $1,381 |
| Painteq LLC | 10 | $1,276 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $787 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $588 |
| MML US, Inc. | 4 | $415 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 4 | $397 |
| Vertex | 4 | $371 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $323 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $297 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $206 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $197 |
| Mesoblast, Inc. | 1 | $178 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $164 |
| Galt Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $162 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 9 | $136 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $101 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $57 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $55 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Stryker | 1 | $44 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $32 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Superion ISS$39,637
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$29,005
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$28,024
- SUPERION$5,357
- Prospera$3,113
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,000
- Axium INS DRG IPG$1,619
- PROCLAIM$1,273
- Intracept$1,252
- PAINTEQ$1,116
- Proclaim IPG$730
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$529
- INTELLIS$423
- CROSSBOSS$353
- Prodigy Family of SCS IPGs$292
- Evoke SCS$277
- ReActiv8$258
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$244
- JOURNAVX$237
- Ryoncil$178
How this compares
Too few interventional pain medicine providers in Hawaiito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 72 | $2,467 |
| Gabapentin | 110 | $2,184 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 88 | $1,592 |
| Pregabalin | 66 | $1,056 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $914 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 45 | $819 |
| Nabumetone | 35 | $763 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 36 | $738 |
| Methocarbamol | 53 | $735 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 25 | $731 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 63 | $668 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Kailua
- Cuong NguyenTripler Army Medical Center$8K
- Scott MoriokaHonolulu$1K
- Damien TavaresHonolulu$776
- Lynn PuanaHilo$97
- Phyllis CullenHilo$47
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.