Salman Sagarwala, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Chicago, ILNPI 1518311422
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (48.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 48.0% of the total. Among interventional pain medicine clinicians in IL 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 116 payments — averaging $224.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$13K
- Abbott$8K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Stryker$514
- Globus Medical$349
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,35017%
- Grants$12,50048%
- Travel & lodging$3,28813%
- Food & beverage$5,92823%
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 | 1 | $12,500 |
| Abbott | 37 | $8,336 |
| Nevro Corp. | 25 | $1,641 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $1,420 |
| Stryker | 8 | $514 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $349 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $330 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 4 | $327 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 7 | $216 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $196 |
| Painteq LLC | 5 | $155 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bioventus 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.
- SYNCHROMED$12,500
- PROCLAIM$6,326
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,150
- Proclaim IPG$779
- Senza$702
- Omnia$516
- OPTABLATE$324
- SPINEJACK$324
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$281
- ETERNA$250
- Proclaim DRG IPG$225
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$196
- SPRINT PNS System$126
How this compares
$26,066 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 93 interventional pain medicine providers in Illinois.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 101 | $3,613 |
| Buprenorphine | 13 | $3,196 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 112 | $2,522 |
| Celecoxib | 41 | $2,281 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $1,931 |
| Gabapentin | 140 | $1,690 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $605 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 31 | $519 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 31 | $473 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 49 | $451 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $335 |
| Meloxicam | 93 | $231 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 11 | $30 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Chicago
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- Hong VoChicago$91K
- Asokumar BuvanendranChicago$52K
- Adam YoungChicago$29K
- Kenneth CandidoChicago$15K
- Sameer ShahChicago$10K
- James DiesfeldChicago$10K
- Xiaoyuam XieChicago$8K
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.