Physician profile
Sailesh Arulkumar
NPI 1174889778
$161,986.29
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
13 companies · $32K in 2025
The $32K reported for 2025 was more than what 98% of Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $458).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $386 · 2020: $3,322 · 2021: $13K · 2022: $40K · 2023: $37K · 2024: $36K · 2025: $32K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Consulting Fee: $85K · Travel and Lodging: $13K · Food and Beverage: $6,934.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $85,318.75 |
| Travel and Lodging | $12,897.61 |
| Food and Beverage | $6,934.38 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalu Medical, INC. | $158,070.63 | 2020-2025 | Nalu Neurostimulation System |
| Relievant Medsystems, INC. | $1,054.61 | 2022-2023 | Intracept |
| Stryker Corporation | $567.65 | 2019-2024 | Optablate |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $533.90 | 2022-2025 | Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16, Intracept, General - Pain Management |
| Medtronic USA, INC. | $443.10 | 2019-2020 | |
| Abbott Laboratories | $401.59 | 2019-2025 | Eterna, Proclaim, Octrode |
| Nevro Corp. | $249.44 | 2019-2024 | Senza |
| Vertos Medical, INC. | $228.76 | 2023-2024 | Mild Device Kit |
| Medtronic, INC. | $175.90 | 2022-2025 | Intellis Adaptivestim, Rialto Si Fusion System, Inceptiv |
| Saluda Medical Americas, INC. | $122.09 | 2023 | Evoke Scs |
| Medtronic Vascular, INC. | $60.66 | 2020 | |
| Spr Therapeutics, INC | $53.33 | 2025 | Sprint Pns System |
| Curonix LLC | $24.63 | 2025 | Pns Freedom-4a Permanent Neurostimulator Receiver Kit Channel A |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.