RxDoctor Payments Data

Sanjay Shah, MD

Pain Medicine · Spring House, PANPI 1770558413

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.4%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Surgentec at 44.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $18,956 and has fallen 80.0% since, to $3,796 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in PA 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.

$63,652in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,284 payments — averaging $49.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Surgentec$28K
  • Abbott$12K
  • Vertos Medical, Inc.$5K
  • Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$3K
  • Boston Scientific$3K
  • MML US, Inc.$2K
  • plus $12K from 54 others
$1,050in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 1 payment — averaging $1050.00 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.

  • Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$5,4319%
  • Consulting fees$12,80020%
  • Travel & lodging$14,68023%
  • Food & beverage$28,90245%
  • Education$1,8403%
  • Gifts$00%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Surgentec10$28,063
Abbott392$11,630
Vertos Medical, Inc.80$4,980
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.159$2,672
Boston Scientific161$2,562
MML US, Inc.28$1,912
Spinal Simplicity, LLC16$1,500
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC82$1,138
Vertiflex, Inc.10$1,010
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.40$885
AbbVie(2 entities)44$863
Relievant Medsystems, Inc.9$852
Nevro Corp.15$553
Medtronic(2 entities)19$478
Valinor Pharma, LLC19$320
Stryker5$265
Averitas Pharma Inc.14$258
Si-bone, Inc.4$220
IBSA Pharma Inc.9$212
MDD US Operations, LLC8$197
Forte Bio-pharma LLC4$187
Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC16$163
Pfizer8$158
Vertex6$153
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.14$147
Lilly USA, LLC9$146
Nalu Medical, Inc.6$139
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.4$125
Amarin Pharma, Inc.1$125
Redhill Biopharma Inc.7$120
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.6$118
Radius Health, Inc.7$118
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.6$105
GRT US Holding, Inc.6$104
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$99
Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.4$92
Lundbeck LLC4$89
Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.5$89
Biotronik NRO, Inc.4$82
Almatica Pharma LLC4$78
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC5$74
Painteq LLC2$54
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$45
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.2$45
Appliedvr Inc2$40
Curonix LLC1$40
Protega Pharmaceutials Inc2$36
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc.4$34
Bioventus LLC1$34
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$33
Amgen(2 entities)2$29
Stimwave Technologies Incorporated2$27
Tersera Therapeutics LLC2$23
Novartis1$22
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1$21
Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC1$17
Kaleo, Inc.1$15
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.1$15
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1$14
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.1$14

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

$63,652 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 294 pain medicine providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,278,035
Medicare patients
1,139
Services billed
31,705

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OxycontinOxycodone Hcl94$70,140
PercocetOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen12$55,706
Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate88$51,229
BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl44$38,879
MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate93$38,738
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen1,658$34,700
RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide12$30,274
Oxycodone Hcl1,289$26,696
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen539$14,975
Fentanyl148$14,178
Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate554$11,488
ZtlidoLidocaine15$9,766
Gabapentin1,072$9,045
Pregabalin390$7,797
Hydrocodone Bitartrate ErHydrocodone Bitartrate13$6,188

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Belbuca$2,672$90,108132 claims
Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik$120$38,73893 claims
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor$1,138$30,27412 claims
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido$885$9,76615 claims
Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLCLactulose$17$41251 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 95th percentile of 294 pain medicine providers in Pennsylvania.

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