Joshua Prager
Pain Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1518070358
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 51.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,715 and has fallen 88.0% since, to $1,286 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 192 payments — averaging $97.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$1K
- Abbott$748
- AbbVie$437
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,13833%
- Grants$3502%
- Travel & lodging$5,13027%
- Food & beverage$7,05538%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $9,669 |
| Boston Scientific | 62 | $2,497 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 11 | $1,796 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 7 | $1,085 |
| Abbott | 11 | $748 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $437 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 8 | $408 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 4 | $257 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $254 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $196 |
| Stryker | 1 | $154 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $118 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 3 | $99 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 3 | $76 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $68 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $53 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $29 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 1 | $23 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
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.
- RESTORE$6,315
- Superion ISS$1,547
- TARGETSTIM$1,129
- InSpan$931
- SacroFuse$931
- NanoFuse Putty$931
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$421
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$350
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$312
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$282
- ETERNA$171
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$154
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$148
- Evoke SCS$137
- QULIPTA$127
- UBRELVY$127
- Senza$125
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$120
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$119
- COBENFY$118
How this compares
$18,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $326 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Los Angeles
- Francis FerranteLos Angeles$75K
- Myung YangLos Angeles$31K
- Philip DohLos Angeles$30K
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.