Shuchita Garg, MD
Pain Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1689986143
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.0% of the total across 101 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 42.2% of the total.
Across 101 payments — averaging $71.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$637
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$427
- AbbVie$257
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$232
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$170%
- Food & beverage$7,11798%
- Education$1312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 53 | $3,065 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,574 |
| Abbott | 5 | $637 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 3 | $427 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $257 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $232 |
| Amgen | 3 | $231 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $220 |
| Stryker | 2 | $152 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $116 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $102 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| Vertex | 3 | $45 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$683
- mild Device Kit$563
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$458
- INCEPTIV$403
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$403
- PROCLAIM$335
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$241
- Proclaim IPG$181
- ADAPTIVESTIM$173
- INTELLIS$164
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$136
- SPRINT PNS System$135
- UBRELVY$125
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$122
- QULIPTA$120
- Omnia$116
- AIMOVIG$115
- Infinion 16$103
- GENERATOR$102
How this compares
$7,265 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 245 pain medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 756 | $22,888 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 29 | $12,370 |
| Gabapentin | 792 | $11,293 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 14 | $10,303 |
| Pregabalin | 276 | $8,098 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 387 | $7,090 |
| Lidocaine | 51 | $5,940 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 333 | $5,845 |
| Celecoxib | 101 | $5,573 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 259 | $3,310 |
| Methocarbamol | 239 | $3,099 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 226 | $2,765 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 154 | $2,666 |
| Fentanyl | 27 | $2,410 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 26 | $1,563 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Cincinnati
- Aarti SinglaCincinnati$22K
- Daniel JohnsCincinnati$22K
- Gururau SudarshanCincinnati$20K
- Zeeshan TayebCincinnati$17K
- Atul ChandokeCincinnati$11K
- Charles BellamyCincinnati$10K
- Laura DevitaCincinnati$9K
- Siu Fung ChanCincinnati$9K
- Alexander EscobarToledo$638K
- Nagy MekhailCleveland$511K
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.