Steven Bhutra, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine · Columbus, OHNPI 1346696853
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,412 of the $13,099 with a category attached, or 64.2%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,195 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $18 in 2025.
Across 216 payments — averaging $60.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$908
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,68736%
- Food & beverage$8,41264%
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 | 68 | $2,929 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 32 | $2,593 |
| Nevro Corp. | 20 | $1,826 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 12 | $1,435 |
| Abbott | 24 | $1,133 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 10 | $908 |
| Stryker | 5 | $767 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 6 | $477 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $201 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 10 | $199 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $146 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $128 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $38 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Vertos Medical, 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.
- Intracept$1,636
- Omnia$1,600
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,339
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,010
- SPINEJACK$744
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$681
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$681
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$681
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$681
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$681
- PROCLAIM$411
- VECTRIS$380
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$356
- Vanta$266
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$162
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$143
- ETERNA$117
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$114
- Proclaim IPG$106
How this compares
$13,099 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 67 interventional 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 | 190 | $5,201 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 176 | $2,748 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 31 | $1,909 |
| Gabapentin | 164 | $1,676 |
| Lidocaine | 21 | $1,422 |
| Pregabalin | 68 | $1,418 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 56 | $766 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 30 | $746 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 20 | $526 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 95 | $397 |
| Baclofen | 33 | $243 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $211 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $81 |
| Alprazolam | 44 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional pain medicine in Columbus
- Gladstone McDowellColumbus$660K
- David WalegaColumbus$37K
- Jayesh VallabhColumbus$4K
- Humam AkbikFairfield$116K
- Sara NashiCincinnati$116K
- Jaudat MahmoodKent$97K
- Omar AliSpringfield$67K
- Dustin ReynoldsWesterville$61K
- James OttingToledo$47K
- Mark MalinowskiChillicothe$39K
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.