Peter Fliss, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine · Bemidji, MNNPI 1811308828
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $490 of the $590 with a category attached, or 83.1%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 25.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $419 and has fallen 67.0% since, to $138 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $2,257.
Across 13 payments — averaging $45.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$153
- Stryker$138
- Comsort, Inc$100
- Avanos Medical$91
- Boston Scientific$87
- Medtronic$21
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10017%
- Food & beverage$49083%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $153 |
| Stryker | 2 | $138 |
| Comsort, Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $91 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $87 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
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.
How this compares
$590 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 26 interventional pain medicine providers in Minnesota.
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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 interventional pain medicine in Bemidji
- Gabriel Pagani-EstevezRochester$179K
- Nima AdimiChaska$114K
- Ryan BirklandRochester$15K
- James ParmeleMaple Grove$13K
- Jason WolffMaple Grove$9K
- Gregory CrewdsonMaplewood$8K
- Jasvinder SinghMaplewood$6K
- Gabriel SmithRochester$5K
- Nicholas CanzanelloRochester$4K
- Ifechi AnyadiohaMankato$4K
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.