Robert Salazar, MD
Pain Medicine · Fresno, CANPI 1104841253
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 76.6% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $8,043 and has fallen 50.8% since, to $3,956 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 431 payments — averaging $57.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Abbott$3K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$835
- Boston Scientific$760
- Painteq LLC$317
- Nevro Corp.$235
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,41750%
- Travel & lodging$1,7297%
- Food & beverage$10,75743%
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) | 289 | $19,064 |
| Abbott | 43 | $2,605 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 9 | $835 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $760 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $317 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $235 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 14 | $194 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 5 | $181 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $143 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $131 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 4 | $112 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $48 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $42 |
| Vertex | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- INTELLIS$6,652
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$5,343
- RESTORE$1,364
- Proclaim IPG$720
- mild Device Kit$706
- SYNCHROMEDII$537
- Proclaim DRG IPG$534
- PAINTEQ$317
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$308
- INCEPTIV$274
- SYNCHROMED$223
- Omnia$158
- MYSTIM$149
- PROCLAIM$145
- Prometra II$131
- Superion ISS$122
- SUPERION$121
How this compares
$24,903 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 25 | $16,077 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 564 | $14,602 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 127 | $5,711 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 63 | $2,440 |
| Methadone Hcl | 83 | $1,278 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 73 | $1,275 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 31 | $1,266 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 41 | $1,249 |
| Fentanyl | 13 | $1,026 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $754 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 33 | $620 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 98 | $577 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 68 | $566 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 77 | $443 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $419 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Fresno
- Lance LarsenFresno$35K
- Alireza Abdollahi-FardFresno$24K
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
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.