Sheel Patel, MD
Pain Medicine · Portage, INNPI 1558657346
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 26.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,089 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $3,660 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in IN 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 320 payments — averaging $98.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$8K
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$8K
- Stryker$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$942
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,62537%
- Travel & lodging$4,78215%
- Food & beverage$15,07548%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 146 | $8,443 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 22 | $7,858 |
| Stryker | 14 | $6,324 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $2,038 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 8 | $1,487 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 14 | $942 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 6 | $901 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $781 |
| Surgentec | 1 | $553 |
| Globus Medical | 17 | $418 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $308 |
| Nevro Corp. | 9 | $305 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 1 | $178 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| Amgen | 7 | $119 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $81 |
| Avanos Medical | 3 | $71 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $5 |
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.
- mild Device Kit$13,514
- PROCLAIM$2,627
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$2,124
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$1,324
- INTELLIS$1,019
- TiLink, Ion$553
- Proclaim IPG$416
- ETERNA$309
- Senza$283
- MYSTIM$270
- Evoke SCS$181
- InSpan$178
- SacroFuse$178
- NanoFuse Putty$178
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$159
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$157
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$153
- Prospera$150
- Evoke$122
How this compares
$31,481 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 128 pain medicine providers in Indiana.
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 | 163 | $6,730 |
| Gabapentin | 218 | $5,095 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 250 | $4,993 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 84 | $2,697 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 123 | $1,836 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 158 | $1,554 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 231 | $1,462 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $535 |
| Cephalexin | 53 | $395 |
| Methylprednisolone | 75 | $394 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 113 | $374 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 25 | $370 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 17 | $330 |
| Morphine Sulfate | 16 | $312 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $275 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Portage
- Derron WilsonCarmel$616K
- Kevin MacadaegCarmel$337K
- Andrew TrobridgeMuncie$253K
- Meredith LanghorstFishers$233K
- Abhishek DasMishawaka$186K
- Rajiv TewariFishers$140K
- John SwoffordIndianapolis$127K
- Neal ColemanMuncie$38K
- Matthew DevriesLafayette$37K
- Amer KaziGranger$34K
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.