Richard Budenz
Pain Medicine · Elk Grove, CANPI 1356999007
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 75 payments — averaging $29.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$726
- Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.$349
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$191
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$186
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$153
- Boston Scientific$107
- plus $482 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,18199%
- Education$121%
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 | 15 | $726 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 10 | $349 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $191 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $186 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $153 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $107 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $79 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| Vertex | 2 | $53 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $44 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $26 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,193 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 24 | $21,275 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 331 | $10,038 |
| Buprenorphine | 23 | $5,450 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 11 | $5,102 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 68 | $2,227 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 70 | $2,124 |
| Gabapentin | 131 | $1,980 |
| Pregabalin | 84 | $1,404 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 17 | $962 |
| Lidocaine | 13 | $862 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 11 | $786 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 69 | $495 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 19 | $418 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $417 |
| Baclofen | 15 | $296 |
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, Nucynta | $191 | $26,37735 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 50th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Other pain medicine in Elk Grove
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$3.2M
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.8M
- Javid GhandehariSanta Monica$2.7M
- Alexander HerselThousand Oaks$2.1M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.9M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$1.7M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.6M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Xiang QianRedwood City$941K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$863K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.