Sung Cho, MD
Pain Medicine · Calhoun, GANPI 1427219989
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 9 payments — averaging $19.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$31
- Pfizer$28
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$23
- Globus Medical$23
- Medtronic$20
- Forte Bio-pharma LLC$19
- plus $35 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$179100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 1 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $28 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$179 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 203 pain medicine providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,594 | $26,029 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 26 | $16,228 |
| Buprenorphine | 24 | $7,327 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 351 | $7,225 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $3,275 |
| Fentanyl | 24 | $3,202 |
| Lidocaine | 23 | $2,882 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 81 | $1,928 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 108 | $1,755 |
| Gabapentin | 151 | $1,406 |
| Pregabalin | 87 | $1,083 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 131 | $788 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 11 | $776 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 198 | $698 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $469 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Calhoun
- Arnold WeilMarietta$286K
- Jeffrey GrossmanAtlanta$189K
- Vicente GalanStockbridge$95K
- Rutvij ShahColumbus$86K
- Anthony GrassoMarietta$79K
- Subodh AgrawalAthens$76K
- Maged HamzaGainesville$50K
- Siddardth UmapathyFort Eisenhower$41K
- Susheel DuaAtlanta$36K
- Jose MathewLawrenceville$27K
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.