Zachary Belford, DO
Pain Medicine · Rockford, ILNPI 1659894913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,802 of the $11,221 with a category attached, or 87.4%. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 346 payments — averaging $32.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$1K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$774
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$773
- Medtronic$676
- plus $4K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,41913%
- Food & beverage$9,80287%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 34 | $1,817 |
| Nevro Corp. | 38 | $1,708 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 34 | $1,007 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 9 | $774 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 53 | $773 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $676 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $638 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $592 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 12 | $444 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $356 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $350 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $232 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $198 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 10 | $189 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 9 | $181 |
| Amgen | 7 | $152 |
| Avanos Medical | 7 | $141 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Vertex | 5 | $112 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $109 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $63 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Vibrant Gastro, Inc. | 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.
- PROCLAIM$765
- Senza$557
- Iovera$514
- Omnia$369
- Prospera$270
- ETERNA$262
- CORRIDOR$176
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$146
- BIOTRONIK$146
- BOTOX$127
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$126
- Proclaim IPG$125
- NURTEC ODT$125
- QULIPTA$125
- UBRELVY$125
- RESTORE$123
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$118
- Evoke$101
How this compares
$11,221 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 233 pain medicine providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 77 | $17,280 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 196 | $4,823 |
| Fentanyl | 29 | $3,483 |
| Pregabalin | 108 | $2,700 |
| Gabapentin | 194 | $1,608 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $885 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 32 | $802 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $332 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 109 | $332 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 17 | $282 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 44 | $262 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 30 | $247 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $242 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $130 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other pain medicine in Rockford
- Thomas DahlbergRockford$218K
- Frederick GahlRockford$12K
- Ricardo VallejoBloomington$2.3M
- David DickersonEvanston$558K
- Steven CohenChicago$217K
- Albert SinghQuincy$212K
- Nirav ShahSkokie$137K
- Ryan KutaNaperville$114K
- Anthony LebarioElgin$87K
- Keith SchmidtHoffman Estates$81K
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.