Nirmal Shah, DO
Anesthesiology · Allentown, PANPI 1770966707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $55,670 of the $84,976 with a category attached, or 65.5%. Medtronic accounts for 80.0% of it on its own, with 40 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among anesthesiology clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 712 payments — averaging $119.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$68K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Painteq LLC$1K
- plus $6K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$55,67066%
- Travel & lodging$8,58410%
- Food & beverage$19,92923%
- Education$7791%
- Gifts$150%
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.
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 ADAPTIVESTIM$49,785
- INCEPTIV$3,500
- SYNCHROMEDII$3,155
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$2,854
- SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$2,804
- SYNCHROMED$1,650
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,450
- PAINTEQ$1,242
- RESTORE$878
- RESTORESENSORSURESCAN$780
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$766
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$748
- mild Device Kit$618
- INTELLIS$416
- Vanta$405
- PROCLAIM$323
- VECTRIS SURESCAN$233
- ReActiv8$151
- Senza$145
- Superion ISS$134
How this compares
$84,976 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,015 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 62 | $48,288 |
| Buprenorphine | 90 | $23,029 |
| Gabapentin | 288 | $4,832 |
| Pregabalin | 165 | $3,924 |
| Lidocaine | 57 | $3,908 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 218 | $3,848 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 83 | $1,505 |
| Celecoxib | 68 | $1,383 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 139 | $1,242 |
| Baclofen | 67 | $1,221 |
| Methocarbamol | 95 | $1,139 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 58 | $918 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 110 | $755 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 62 | $701 |
| Orphenadrine Citrate ErOrphenadrine Citrate | 22 | $636 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca | $752 | $48,28862 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 2,015 anesthesiology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other anesthesiology in Allentown
- Mogana AsharAllentown$5K
- Lee FleisherPhiladelphia$659K
- Eugene ViscusiPhiladelphia$398K
- Joseph AnswineMechanicsburg$255K
- Michael ScottPhiladelphia$250K
- William McIvorPittsburgh$226K
- Jonathan WatersPittsburgh$191K
- Joshua AtkinsPhiladelphia$55K
- Sanjib AdhikaryHershey$47K
- Patrick FallAbington$41K
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.