Paul Christo, MD
Pain Medicine · Baltimore, MDNPI 1093767980
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $133,013 of the $137,277 with a category attached, or 96.9%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by GRT US Holding, Inc. at 40.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $62,150 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $504 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in MD 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 52 payments — averaging $2639.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$55K
- Amgen$55K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$12K
- Lilly USA, LLC$4K
- Tris Pharma Inc$4K
- Eli Lilly$3K
- plus $5K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$133,01397%
- Travel & lodging$1,0731%
- Food & beverage$3,1912%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $55,220 |
| Amgen | 1 | $55,000 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 12 | $11,702 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $3,900 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 4 | $3,636 |
| Eli Lilly | 1 | $3,250 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 3 | $2,061 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $1,245 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 7 | $457 |
| Abbott | 3 | $337 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $191 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $114 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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$55,220
- DUEXIS$55,000
- THERASPHERE-BIO$2,061
- Senza$636
- Omnia$408
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$191
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$171
- Evoke$170
- PROCLAIM$140
- Evoke SCS$129
How this compares
$137,277 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 144 pain medicine providers in Maryland.
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.
Other pain medicine in Baltimore
- Randy DavisBaltimore$169K
- Behnam JafarpourBaltimore$45K
- David MaineBaltimore$24K
- Jay KarriBaltimore$14K
- Avni GuptaBaltimore$12K
- Anuragh TrikhaBaltimore$9K
- Brian BlockBaltimore$7K
- Benjamin Fujita-HowieBaltimore$6K
- William RaoofiBaltimore$5K
- Terri BlumeBaltimore$2K
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.