Shimul Sahai, MD
Pain Medicine · Chandler, AZNPI 1376761577
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 71 payments — averaging $19.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$289
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$145
- Protega Pharmaceutials Inc$121
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$90
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$87
- Novartis$60
- plus $589 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,35998%
- Education$212%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 9 | $289 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $145 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 3 | $121 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $90 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Novartis | 3 | $60 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $52 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $35 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $29 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Proclaim IPG$137
How this compares
$1,380 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 12 | $62,913 |
| Fentanyl | 19 | $14,486 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 11 | $11,424 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 23 | $11,339 |
| Lidocaine | 48 | $6,352 |
| Pregabalin | 101 | $5,502 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 168 | $3,790 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 166 | $3,656 |
| Celecoxib | 36 | $2,592 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 57 | $1,657 |
| Gabapentin | 113 | $1,427 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 84 | $1,053 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 33 | $964 |
| Methocarbamol | 49 | $850 |
| Baclofen | 48 | $693 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $145 | $62,91312 claims |
| AbbVieBotox | $29 | $11,42411 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $25 | $11,33923 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAMorphine Sulfate | $21 | $53724 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 25th percentile of 180 pain medicine providers in Arizona.
Other pain medicine in Chandler
- Tristan PicoChandler$121K
- Stuart RammellChandler$24K
- Gobi ParamanandamPhoenix$2.7M
- Efrain CubilloTucson$694K
- Eric CornidezTucson$581K
- Mohab IbrahimTucson$387K
- Selaiman NooriLake Havasu City$265K
- Tory McJunkinScottsdale$218K
- Minesh ZaveriPhoenix$187K
- Chad PletnickOro Valley$137K
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.