Ryan Hijazi, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine · Sterling Heights, MINPI 1962864108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,377 of the $9,179 with a category attached, or 69.5%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.7% of the total.
Across 126 payments — averaging $72.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Nevro Corp.$771
- Abbott$271
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$227
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$201
- plus $503 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,66718%
- Travel & lodging$1,13512%
- Food & beverage$6,37769%
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) | 37 | $4,101 |
| Boston Scientific | 55 | $3,106 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $771 |
| Abbott | 6 | $271 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $227 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $201 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $110 |
| Stryker | 1 | $84 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $62 |
| Vertex | 2 | $53 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- SYNCHROMED$1,667
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,227
- Intracept$647
- Senza$515
- INCEPTIV$279
- RESTORE$207
- mild Device Kit$184
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$164
- SPRINT PNS System$129
- PROCLAIM$128
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$122
How this compares
$9,179 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 88 interventional pain medicine providers in Michigan.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 61 | $16,037 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 13 | $6,227 |
| Gabapentin | 220 | $2,042 |
| Pregabalin | 86 | $1,809 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 186 | $1,691 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 58 | $1,175 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 35 | $865 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 98 | $594 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 67 | $573 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $518 |
| Methocarbamol | 59 | $458 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $435 |
| Naproxen | 41 | $417 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 33 | $329 |
| Baclofen | 29 | $258 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Sterling Heights
- Kuldip DeogunSterling Heights$5K
- William KoleSterling Heights$2K
- Ryan PollinaSaint Clair Shores$144K
- Ariel MajjhooMonroe$124K
- Chad BrummettAnn Arbor$109K
- Anand ThakurClinton Township$102K
- Evan PeskinFlint$72K
- Richard FerroLansing$31K
- John ChatasAnn Arbor$29K
- Bryant IttiaraAllen Park$28K
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.