Cooled Rfa
Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Cooled Rfa. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.
By year
Payments reported as associated with Cooled Rfa, per program year, as reported to CMS.
Who makes it
Specialties most often involved
Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.
Clinicians most associated with Cooled Rfa
These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Cooled Rfa. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.
| Clinician | Location | Specialty | Associated payments (2023-2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajiv Tewari | Fishers, IN | Pain Medicine | $54,390.41 |
| Felix Gonzalez | Miami, FL | Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine) | $44,976.30 |
| Sandeep Amin | Chicago, IL | Interventional Pain Medicine | $33,163.15 |
| Alaa Abd-Elsayed | Madison, WI | Pain Medicine | $32,689.64 |
| Chad Stephens | Southlake, TX | Interventional Pain Medicine | $22,925.59 |
| Maged Guirguis | New Orleans, LA | Interventional Pain Medicine | $18,036.59 |
| Steven Cohen | Chicago, IL | Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) | $17,825.00 |
| Sean Li | Shrewsbury, NJ | Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) | $17,044.61 |
| Maxim Eckmann | San Antonio, TX | Anesthesiology | $16,717.30 |
| Michael Bottros | Los Angeles, CA | Anesthesiology | $14,140.72 |
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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.