Steven Zhou, MD
Pain Medicine · Teaneck, NJNPI 1952862450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (38.0%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,758 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $525 in 2025. Among pain medicine clinicians in NJ 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 69 payments — averaging $164.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Abbott$512
- AbbVie$147
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$116
- plus $128 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,50022%
- Travel & lodging$4,30838%
- Food & beverage$3,50031%
- Education$1,0169%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 36 | $5,286 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $2,942 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $2,193 |
| Abbott | 4 | $512 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $147 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $116 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $79 |
| Stryker | 2 | $49 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$2,500
- Senza$2,016
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$1,206
- VERCISE$797
- PROCLAIM$445
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$437
- Intracept$175
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$164
- BOTOX$147
- AMS 700$141
How this compares
$11,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 256 pain medicine providers in New Jersey.
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 | 18 | $537 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $334 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $258 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Teaneck
- Sean LiShrewsbury$1.2M
- Matthias WiederholzLawrenceville$853K
- Todd StitikNewark$370K
- Peter StaatsShrewsbury$286K
- Warren GraceEdison$158K
- Caitlin InnerfieldHaddonfield$97K
- Anson MoiseEnglewood$78K
- Pavli DemianSomerset$65K
- Dipan PatelClifton$50K
- Matthew LesneskiMount Laurel$47K
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.