Neil Farren, MD
Pain Medicine · Carmel, INNPI 1679936470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.9%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,297 and has fallen 61.5% since, to $1,656 in 2025.
Across 154 payments — averaging $71.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MML US, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$729
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$486
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,10537%
- Food & beverage$6,51759%
- Education$4504%
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. | 18 | $2,618 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 64 | $2,511 |
| Abbott | 31 | $2,145 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,187 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 6 | $729 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $486 |
| Stryker | 3 | $329 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $298 |
| Amgen | 1 | $168 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $145 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $45 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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$2,395
- ReActiv8$2,252
- PROCLAIM$1,450
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$676
- mild Device Kit$570
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$372
- Evoke$276
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$245
- OMNICURVE$168
- Tymlos$146
- Accurian$142
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$131
- Vanta$130
- Prospera$128
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$126
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$124
- Proclaim IPG$121
- SYNCHROMED$102
How this compares
$11,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 128 pain medicine providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 167 | $2,687 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 159 | $2,682 |
| Celecoxib | 30 | $2,575 |
| Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic | 46 | $2,527 |
| Gabapentin | 172 | $2,211 |
| Pregabalin | 82 | $2,084 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 92 | $1,638 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 52 | $1,482 |
| Methocarbamol | 52 | $842 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 27 | $745 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 44 | $607 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $462 |
| Methylprednisolone | 71 | $425 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 42 | $277 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 31 | $198 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Carmel
- Derron WilsonCarmel$616K
- Kevin MacadaegCarmel$337K
- Robert FunkCarmel$9K
- Jonathan GentileCarmel$9K
- John ArbuckleCarmel$6K
- Andrew TrobridgeMuncie$253K
- Meredith LanghorstFishers$233K
- Abhishek DasMishawaka$186K
- Rajiv TewariFishers$140K
- John SwoffordIndianapolis$127K
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.