Michael Severson, MD
Pain Medicine · Meridian, IDNPI 1205827904
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 37.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,900 and has fallen 91.9% since, to $153 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in ID, where the typical reported total is $4,838.
Across 67 payments — averaging $68.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$445
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$370
- Avanos Medical$193
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$132
- plus $309 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,99744%
- Food & beverage$2,56856%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $1,694 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 10 | $1,422 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $445 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 10 | $370 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $193 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 15 | $132 |
| Abbott | 5 | $93 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $37 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $17 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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$4,784
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,208
- SPRINT PNS System$246
- COOLIEF* COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY$146
How this compares
$4,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 32 pain medicine providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fentanyl | 31 | $2,387 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $1,048 |
| Gabapentin | 76 | $896 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $240 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 27 | $209 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $161 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 11 | $105 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $77 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Meridian
- Timothy ZielickeMeridian$6K
- Michael SpackmanMeridian$3K
- Matthew ShonnardMeridian$3K
- Barbara QuattroneMeridian$2K
- Alpha AndersMeridian$1K
- Mark HarrisMeridian$1K
- Tyson SessionsMeridian$546
- Beth RogersMeridian$60
- Jessica JamesonPost Falls$261K
- Jason WilliamsBoise$177K
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.