Susie Kwon
Pain Medicine · Kirkland, WANPI 1578958971
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
18 manufacturers reported payments, led by MML US, Inc. at 29.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,459, more than ten times the $89 reported in 2019.
Across 90 payments — averaging $82.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- MML US, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$753
- Globus Medical$753
- Nevro Corp.$304
- plus $607 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,26144%
- Food & beverage$4,15856%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MML US, Inc. | 7 | $2,164 |
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $1,788 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 8 | $1,050 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $753 |
| Globus Medical | 15 | $753 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $304 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $113 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $106 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $66 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Amgen | 2 | $46 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $35 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $19 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$7,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 124 pain medicine providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 114 | $2,162 |
| Pregabalin | 37 | $749 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $538 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $344 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $177 |
| Methylprednisolone | 22 | $137 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $69 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Kirkland
- Jennifer LeeKirkland$318K
- Steven StanosSeattle$206K
- Corrie AndersonSeattle$102K
- Gregory TermanSeattle$95K
- Caroline HarstroemEverett$74K
- Sloane YuVancouver$42K
- Praveen MambalamEdmonds$32K
- Miroslav BackonjaSeattle$22K
- Ross VogelgesangOlympia$21K
- Jon HillyerSilverdale$20K
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.