Megan Linehan, DO
Pain Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1154785095
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,059 of the $12,340 with a category attached, or 89.6%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,273 and has fallen 59.3% since, to $1,739 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in PA 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 211 payments — averaging $58.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MML US, Inc.$2K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$970
- Boston Scientific$903
- plus $4K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,28010%
- Food & beverage$11,05990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MML US, Inc. | 38 | $1,905 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 19 | $1,621 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $1,444 |
| Abbott | 5 | $1,182 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 22 | $970 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $903 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $819 |
| Brixton Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $737 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $711 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 35 | $598 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $578 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $259 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $137 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $113 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $81 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $59 |
| Epimed International, Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $29 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $14 |
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$2,016
- Prospera$1,074
- Axium INS DRG IPG$1,048
- ReActiv8$696
- Omnia$568
- INTELLIS$454
- Neural Ice$425
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$417
- mild Device Kit$394
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$259
- Intracept RF Probe$221
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$215
- BIOTRONIK$144
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$144
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$136
- INCEPTIV$124
- SPRINT PNS System$116
- Evoke$109
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$109
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$106
How this compares
$12,340 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 294 pain medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $535 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $409 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $249 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $186 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $161 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 12 | $145 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 18 | $75 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $75 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $38 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Philadelphia
- Peter PryzbylkowskiPhiladelphia$506K
- Jonathan BeattyPhiladelphia$46K
- John FarrarPhiladelphia$37K
- Uplekh PurewalPhiladelphia$21K
- Dajie WangPhiladelphia$7K
- Yeshvant NavalgundGreensburg$388K
- Jack SmithWilliamsport$324K
- Sanjay GuptaBala Cynwyd$241K
- Vwaire OrhurhuWilliamsport$191K
- Philip KimBryn Mawr$128K
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.