Neil Thakkar, DO
Pain Medicine · Glendale, AZNPI 1619175833
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 181 payments — averaging $36.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$991
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$306
- Painteq LLC$283
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,689100%
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 | 26 | $1,321 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 26 | $1,194 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 37 | $1,106 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 21 | $991 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 8 | $306 |
| Painteq LLC | 3 | $283 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 15 | $266 |
| Abbott | 2 | $196 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $115 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 4 | $106 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $91 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $66 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $56 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Stryker | 1 | $40 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- INTELLIS$603
- Prospera$562
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$532
- CLICK$288
- mild Device Kit$257
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$184
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$141
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$128
- ENTRADA$119
- XLIF$115
- PAINTEQ$110
How this compares
$6,689 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 56 | $2,542 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $1,244 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 70 | $1,134 |
| Fentanyl | 17 | $1,059 |
| Gabapentin | 81 | $1,028 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 49 | $363 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 12 | $334 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $214 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $200 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $69 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 14 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Glendale
- Craig SaranGlendale$14K
- Omar SyedGlendale$10K
- David ParkerGlendale$9K
- Gobi ParamanandamPhoenix$2.7M
- Efrain CubilloTucson$694K
- Eric CornidezTucson$581K
- Mohab IbrahimTucson$387K
- Selaiman NooriLake Havasu City$265K
- Tory McJunkinScottsdale$218K
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
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.