Matthew Thorson, MD
Pain Medicine · Edina, MNNPI 1942411509
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $49,243 of the $59,234 with a category attached, or 83.1%. Neuronetics, Inc. accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $50,606 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $1,876 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in MN 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 79 payments — averaging $749.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neuronetics, Inc.$50K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$512
- plus $934 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,2349%
- Food & beverage$3,2385%
- Education$1,5193%
- Other$49,24383%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 6 | $49,819 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $3,384 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $1,893 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 6 | $1,610 |
| Stryker | 6 | $1,082 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $512 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $256 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $204 |
| Abbott | 4 | $111 |
| Vertex | 1 | $95 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Caerus Corp. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM$49,800
- Intracept$3,373
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$3,152
- mild Device Kit$991
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$352
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$210
- Senza$174
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$145
- SPRINT PNS System$102
How this compares
$59,234 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 88 pain medicine providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 44 | $580 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $195 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Edina
- Richard StaynerEdina$105K
- David SchultzEdina$99K
- Sherri HaasEdina$51K
- Louis SaegerEdina$28K
- Andrew WillEdina$22K
- Aaron BloomEdina$6K
- Rachel WilsonEdina$3K
- Daniel SippleEdina$2K
- Jonathan HagedornRochester$83K
- Michael McEntireRochester$70K
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.