Justin Lo, MD
Pain Medicine · San Jose, CANPI 1407818370
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 113 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,038 and has fallen 98.0% since, to $21 in 2025.
Across 113 payments — averaging $31.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$346
- Stryker$211
- Painteq LLC$191
- Pfizer$145
- AbbVie$132
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,554100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 37 | $1,332 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $346 |
| Stryker | 2 | $211 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $191 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $145 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $132 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 8 | $113 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $103 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $85 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $69 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $67 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $21 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- CASCADIA$162
- EVEREST XT$162
- CAPRI$162
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$124
- SafeOp$103
How this compares
$3,554 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 22 | $6,257 |
| Gabapentin | 196 | $2,324 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $992 |
| Pregabalin | 46 | $737 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 22 | $504 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $175 |
| Baclofen | 35 | $157 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $84 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 14 | $75 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $64 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in San Jose
- 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
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
- Einar OttestadStanford$352K
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.