Raj Desai, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · West Hollywood, CANPI 1508258559
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,629 of the $8,392 with a category attached, or 79.0%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 36.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,978 and has fallen 86.1% since, to $413 in 2025.
Across 113 payments — averaging $74.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$359
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$168
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$155
- plus $468 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,76321%
- Food & beverage$6,62979%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $3,062 |
| Boston Scientific | 42 | $2,893 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $1,286 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 5 | $359 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $168 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $155 |
| Abbott | 1 | $108 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $85 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $18 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $13 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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
$8,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 394 | $3,139 |
| Celecoxib | 57 | $1,611 |
| Pregabalin | 100 | $1,165 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 77 | $1,046 |
| Baclofen | 77 | $761 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 33 | $530 |
| Methadone Hcl | 21 | $511 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 17 | $310 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 31 | $246 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 15 | $235 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $208 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 11 | $199 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $104 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $93 |
| Diazepam | 19 | $7 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in West Hollywood
- Michael Verdolinla Mesa$507K
- Tim LeierRancho Mirage$449K
- Jonathan GrossmanVisalia$404K
- Kasra MaasumiRancho Santa Margarita$388K
- Andrew GermanovichRancho Mirage$333K
- David LeeYorba Linda$257K
- Standiford HelmOrange$254K
- Patrick BuchananCamarillo$219K
- Chau VuSanta Rosa$141K
- Phillip LimBuena Park$127K
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.