Miroslav Backonja
Pain Medicine · Seattle, WANPI 1306818513
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,623 of the $21,969 with a category attached, or 93.9%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 27.6% of the total. Among pain medicine clinicians in WA 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 40 payments — averaging $549.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$6K
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$6K
- Lilly USA, LLC$4K
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$3K
- SK Life Science, Inc.$3K
- Pfizer$189
- plus $88 from 1 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $251,216 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Eli Lilly$1.3M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,62394%
- Travel & lodging$6383%
- Food & beverage$7073%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 29 | $6,071 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $5,948 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $3,900 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $2,940 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $2,833 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $189 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $88 |
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.
- Qutenza$2,940
- Cenobamate$2,833
How this compares
$21,969 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Washington.
Other pain medicine in Seattle
- Steven StanosSeattle$206K
- Corrie AndersonSeattle$102K
- Gregory TermanSeattle$95K
- Alex CahanaSeattle$12K
- Michael GofeldSeattle$8K
- Christopher MerifieldSeattle$5K
- Agnes StogiczaSeattle$5K
- Rana Al-JumahSeattle$4K
- Alexander NguyenSeattle$4K
- Juan Ruiz HurtarteSeattle$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.