Matthew Ranson, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Mesa, AZNPI 1679797278
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $65,509 of the $86,388 with a category attached, or 75.8%. Merit Medical Systems Inc accounts for 76.0% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $67,518 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $3,071 in 2025. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in AZ 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 552 payments — averaging $156.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$66K
- Abbott$9K
- MML US, Inc.$5K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- Spinefrontier, Inc.$1K
- Surgentec$900
- plus $4K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,4257%
- Food & beverage$14,45417%
- Other$65,50976%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 2 | $65,650 |
| Abbott | 426 | $8,533 |
| MML US, Inc. | 54 | $4,716 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 10 | $1,430 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 3 | $1,132 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $900 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 5 | $843 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $604 |
| Lumenis BE Inc | 1 | $459 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $434 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $388 |
| Curonix LLC | 4 | $372 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 4 | $209 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $205 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $82 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Sentynl Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $5 |
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.
- StabiliT$65,509
- Intracept$4,858
- ReActiv8$3,675
- PROCLAIM$1,917
- InSpan$1,132
- SIJFuse$1,132
- FacetFuse$1,132
- NanoFuse$1,132
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$1,014
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$1,014
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$1,014
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$1,014
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$1,014
- ION Facet Screw$900
- M22$459
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$389
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$369
- ETERNA$367
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$277
- Proclaim IPG$226
How this compares
$86,388 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 64 interventional pain medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $498 |
| Gabapentin | 39 | $444 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 27 | $431 |
| Cephalexin | 84 | $327 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $156 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $62 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $45 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Mesa
- Maaz IqbalMesa$10K
- Daniel RyklinMesa$3K
- Asim KhanMesa$2K
- Paul LynchScottsdale$283K
- Jack DiepLake Havasu City$233K
- Steven SiwekPhoenix$57K
- Ajay YedduGilbert$52K
- Ramoun JonesPhoenix$51K
- Lisa StearnsPhoenix$48K
- Sachin NarainGilbert$31K
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.