Onyechi Megafu, MD
Pain Medicine · Huntington, WVNPI 1043690712
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 34.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $13,627 and has fallen 71.2% since, to $3,924 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in WV 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 460 payments — averaging $80.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$13K
- Medtronic$12K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Curonix LLC$969
- plus $3K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$19,83254%
- Food & beverage$16,97946%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 117 | $12,676 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 127 | $12,247 |
| Boston Scientific | 55 | $3,384 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 19 | $2,849 |
| Nevro Corp. | 17 | $1,235 |
| Curonix LLC | 9 | $969 |
| Stryker | 6 | $736 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 44 | $663 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $603 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 18 | $282 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 7 | $118 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $118 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 8 | $110 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $107 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $93 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $80 |
| Vertex | 2 | $69 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- PROCLAIM$8,011
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$5,258
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$2,525
- Evoke$2,497
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$1,664
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,247
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,136
- ETERNA$924
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$901
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$779
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$662
- SPINEJACK$658
- mild Device Kit$522
- SPRINT PNS System$488
- OMNICURVE$384
- OPTABLATE$384
- Omnia$235
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$178
- INCEPTIV$153
- INTELLIS$142
How this compares
$36,810 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 35 pain medicine providers in West Virginia.
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 | 2,597 | $58,195 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 1,617 | $42,676 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 56 | $29,669 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 27 | $16,141 |
| Buprenorphine | 36 | $8,631 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 145 | $5,605 |
| Fentanyl | 83 | $4,992 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 172 | $3,774 |
| Gabapentin | 345 | $3,348 |
| Pregabalin | 88 | $1,797 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 73 | $1,575 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 43 | $1,385 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 102 | $1,377 |
| Methadone Hcl | 75 | $1,190 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $680 |
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.Xtampza Er | $282 | $29,66956 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 35 pain medicine providers in West Virginia.
Other pain medicine in Huntington
- Muhammad MaazHuntington$19K
- Ghassan MoufarregeHuntington$8K
- Ahmet OzturkHuntington$5K
- Mack ArroligaHuntington$4K
- Pushpa Nambi JosephHuntington$2K
- Joseph de LapaHuntington$30
- David SaldivarMorgantown$28K
- Lucas BraceroCharleston$24K
- Violet ShacklefordMorgantown$17K
- Richard VaglientiMorgantown$13K
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.