Ryan Pollina, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Saint Clair Shores, MINPI 1255635405
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $113,356 of the $144,493 with a category attached, or 78.5%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stimwave Technologies Incorporated at 51.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $35,456 and has fallen 64.4% since, to $12,608 in 2025. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 217 payments — averaging $665.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$74K
- Curonix LLC$66K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Boston Scientific$792
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$189
- plus $522 from 10 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $7200.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$113,35678%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0001%
- Travel & lodging$20,61714%
- Food & beverage$6,3734%
- Gifts$2390%
- Entertainment$2,9072%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 86 | $73,864 |
| Curonix LLC | 71 | $65,550 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 12 | $1,825 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $1,751 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $792 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $189 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $159 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $117 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Stryker | 1 | $44 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$63,937
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$44,202
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$44,202
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$44,202
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$44,202
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$42,354
- StimQ Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US Receiver$1,848
- Superion ISS$1,490
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$1,064
- Senza$376
- mild Device Kit$144
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$137
- Checkpoint Stimulators$117
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$112
How this compares
$144,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 684 | $13,023 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 24 | $9,639 |
| Buprenorphine | 31 | $8,541 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 16 | $8,168 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 39 | $6,971 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 214 | $3,293 |
| Gabapentin | 296 | $3,250 |
| Pregabalin | 169 | $2,719 |
| Lidocaine | 41 | $2,642 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 89 | $2,574 |
| Methocarbamol | 100 | $1,323 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 18 | $1,316 |
| Baclofen | 89 | $1,173 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 59 | $1,127 |
| Celecoxib | 59 | $1,067 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Saint Clair Shores
- Christopher BillSaint Clair Shores$2K
- 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
- Fadi DellyWyandotte$25K
- Vincent RampersaudFlint$24K
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.