Matthew Sanders
Pain Medicine · Provo, UTNPI 1639529555
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,754 of the $4,805 with a category attached, or 78.1%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,982 and has fallen 62.6% since, to $740 in 2025.
Across 170 payments — averaging $28.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$951
- Boston Scientific$776
- Medtronic$507
- Abbott$496
- Nevro Corp.$356
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$252
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,05122%
- Food & beverage$3,75478%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 13 | $951 |
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $776 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 31 | $507 |
| Abbott | 9 | $496 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $356 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 7 | $252 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 8 | $192 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $187 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $134 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $121 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 6 | $111 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 5 | $110 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Vertex | 4 | $80 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Hydrocision, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- Intracept$1,633
- Axium$383
- Omnia$125
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$113
- Evoke$102
How this compares
$4,805 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 61 pain medicine providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 40 | $568 |
| Gabapentin | 40 | $457 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $375 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 24 | $306 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $284 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $280 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 34 | $193 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $172 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Provo
- Ashley DonaldsonProvo$7K
- Clinton OlsenProvo$1K
- Richard RosenthalProvo$838
- Robin OckeyProvo$650
- Brian OlenslagerProvo$25
- Maria SchwartzSalt Lake City$813K
- Jeremy JoyalDraper$170K
- Lynn WebsterSalt Lake City$160K
- Benjamin HumpherysLayton$120K
- Derek HaightDraper$78K
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.