Payment overview · 2025
General Payments
$31,888.89
78 reported records · 11 companies
Healthcare provider profile · identity verified
Bolkar E Sahinler, MD.
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians|Pain Medicine|Interventional Pain Medicine · LUBBOCK, TX · NPI 1659368793
Verified facts
What the public records show
CMS Open Payments records show Bolkar E Sahinler, MD. received $31,888.89 in general payments during 2025 across 78 reported records.
Medtronic, Inc. accounted for 81.1% of that reported general-payment amount.
The Open Payments records used for this analysis explicitly named 20 associated products.
ABBVIE INC. reported payments to this doctor in 2025. Across the 2025 Open Payments General Payment records loaded for this analysis, that same reporting entity reported LINZESS as an associated drug or biological on 87954 records involving 21815 distinct recipient NPIs. Public Medicare Part D data also shows 19 claims for Linzess by this doctor in 2024.
These records do not establish that a payment influenced prescribing or medical care.
Separate record types
Research & Ownership
Research Payments (direct recipient): not present in the loaded data
Associated Research Funding (for example, named PI): not present in the loaded data
Ownership / Investment: not present in the loaded data
These categories are never added into the General Payments headline. Associated research funding must not be described as money the doctor personally received unless the source record supports that conclusion.
Who paid this doctor?
Companies in 2025 General Payments
| Reported company | Canonical company | Amount | Share | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. |
Medtronic, Inc. exact · evidence 2025-07-22 |
$25,865.91 | 81.1% | 45 | 2025 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $4,700.00 | 14.7% | 2 | 2025 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $675.70 | 2.1% | 9 | 2025 |
| ABBVIE INC. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $207.17 | 0.7% | 11 | 2025 |
| Globus Medical, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $172.34 | 0.5% | 1 | 2025 |
| MML US, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $75.43 | 0.2% | 3 | 2025 |
| Stryker Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $73.09 | 0.2% | 2 | 2025 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $40.28 | 0.1% | 1 | 2025 |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $38.97 | 0.1% | 2 | 2025 |
| SI-BONE, INC. | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $21.20 | 0.1% | 1 | 2025 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | Unresolved — no canonical attribution shown | $18.80 | 0.1% | 1 | 2025 |
What were the payments for?
Payment categories
| Category | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Debt forgiveness | $24,504.74 | 1 |
| Consulting Fee | $4,700.00 | 2 |
| Food and Beverage | $2,684.15 | 75 |
A meal, consulting fee, royalty, and travel payment describe different kinds of reported relationships and should not be interpreted as equivalent.
Analysis 1 · Payment-linked products
Products named in Open Payments records
| Reported product | Type | Reported company | Related amount* | Records | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROCLAIM Normalized: proclaim |
Device | Abbott Laboratories | $675.70 | 9 | 2025 |
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| SYNCHROMEDII Normalized: synchromedii |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $501.19 | 13 | 2025 |
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| INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM Normalized: intellis adaptivestim |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $467.66 | 14 | 2025 |
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| QULIPTA Normalized: qulipta |
Drug | ABBVIE INC. | $177.27 | 10 | 2025 |
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| Senza Normalized: senza |
Device | Globus Medical, Inc. | $172.34 | 1 | 2025 |
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| OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM Normalized: osteocool rf ablation system |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $139.93 | 1 | 2025 |
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| ACCURIAN Normalized: accurian |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $137.15 | 7 | 2025 |
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| UBRELVY Normalized: ubrelvy |
Drug | ABBVIE INC. | $87.81 | 8 | 2025 |
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| VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM Normalized: vanta adaptivestim |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $76.22 | 6 | 2025 |
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| ReActiv8 Normalized: reactiv8 |
Device | MML US, Inc. | $75.43 | 3 | 2025 |
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| MILD DEVICE KIT Normalized: mild device kit |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $73.09 | 2 | 2025 |
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| OPTABLATE Normalized: optablate |
Device | Stryker Corporation | $73.09 | 2 | 2025 |
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| BOTOX Normalized: botox |
Biological | ABBVIE INC. | $49.36 | 2 | 2025 |
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| Evoke Normalized: evoke |
Device | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | $40.28 | 1 | 2025 |
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| General - Pain Management Normalized: general pain management |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $23.15 | 1 | 2025 |
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| TYRX Normalized: tyrx |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $19.41 | 1 | 2025 |
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| JOURNAVX Normalized: journavx |
Drug | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | $18.80 | 1 | 2025 |
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| Intracept Normalized: intracept |
Device | Boston Scientific Corporation | $15.82 | 1 | 2025 |
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| INCEPTIV Normalized: inceptiv |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $15.38 | 1 | 2025 |
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| KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY Normalized: kyphon express ii kyphopak tray |
Device | Medtronic, Inc. | $4.23 | 1 | 2025 |
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* Product-associated amounts are non-additive because one payment record may name more than one product.
These products were named on specific Open Payments records. A named product does not show that the payment influenced treatment or prescribing.
Public prescribing for products named in payments
No exact normalized or approved-alias overlap was found in the loaded Part D year. This does not mean the doctor never prescribed the product.
The presence of the same drug in both datasets does not show that a payment caused or influenced a prescription.
Analysis 2 · Same-company prescribing overlap
Drugs reported in other payments from the same company that also appear in Medicare Part D
This analysis is independent from products named on this doctor’s individual payment records. A row appears only when the exact Open Payments reporting entity paid this doctor, that same reporting entity reported the drug or biological on at least 10 loaded General Payment records involving at least 2 distinct recipient NPIs, and this doctor has the same non-generic brand in public Part D data. This does not mean the company owns or manufactures the drug.
| Paying company | Payment year | Drug reported by same entity | Open Payments evidence | Part D | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBVIE INC. Exact reporting entity; no affiliate inference |
2025 | LINZESS open payments reported associated product |
CMS Open Payments — General Payments 87954 supporting records · 21815 recipient NPIs · example record 1201352608 |
Linzess · 2024 Exact normalized brand match · 1 Part D row |
19 | suppressed by CMS |
These facts do not show that a payment was for the drug, that the company owns or manufactures the drug, or that a payment caused or influenced prescribing.
Public Medicare Part D data
Provider-and-drug rows loaded for 2024
| Brand | Generic | Claims | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 4235 | 699 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 879 | 243 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 760 | 128 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | Hydromorphone Hcl | 644 | 99 |
| Pregabalin | Pregabalin | 573 | 105 |
| Morphine Sulfate Er | Morphine Sulfate | 517 | 72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 475 | 143 |
| Fentanyl | Fentanyl | 272 | 31 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | Tizanidine Hcl | 271 | 90 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | Acetaminophen With Codeine | 222 | 84 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 168 | 29 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 157 | 54 |
| Meloxicam | Meloxicam | 146 | 48 |
| Methocarbamol | Methocarbamol | 132 | 45 |
| Celecoxib | Celecoxib | 104 | 27 |
| Morphine Sulfate | Morphine Sulfate | 102 | 20 |
| Tramadol Hcl Er | Tramadol Hcl | 89 | 18 |
| Oxycontin | Oxycodone Hcl | 77 | suppressed |
| Methylprednisolone | Methylprednisolone | 60 | 59 |
| Methadone Hcl | Methadone Hcl | 59 | suppressed |
| Xtampza Er | Oxycodone Myristate | 50 | suppressed |
| Duloxetine Hcl | Duloxetine Hcl | 44 | 18 |
| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 35 | 30 |
| Baclofen | Baclofen | 33 | suppressed |
| Nucynta | Tapentadol Hcl | 33 | suppressed |
| Hydrocodone-Ibuprofen | Hydrocodone/Ibuprofen | 30 | suppressed |
| Lubiprostone | Lubiprostone | 29 | 11 |
| Movantik | Naloxegol Oxalate | 20 | suppressed |
| Linzess | Linaclotide | 19 | suppressed |
| Nucynta Er | Tapentadol Hcl | 19 | suppressed |
| Diazepam | Diazepam | 18 | 15 |
| Ibuprofen | Ibuprofen | 18 | suppressed |
| Diclofenac Sodium | Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | suppressed |
| Naproxen | Naproxen | 17 | suppressed |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | Sumatriptan Succinate | 16 | suppressed |
| Hysingla Er | Hydrocodone Bitartrate | 15 | suppressed |
| Lidocaine | Lidocaine | 11 | suppressed |
| Metaxalone | Metaxalone | 11 | suppressed |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | 11 |
Timeline
Payment and prescribing data by year
Open Payments and Medicare Part D may refer to different years. They are shown separately rather than aligned as if they describe the same period.
| Year | General Payments | Main payer | Explicit products | Company overlaps | Part D coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $31,888.89 · 78 records | Medtronic, Inc. | ACCURIAN, BOTOX, Evoke, General - Pain Management, INCEPTIV, INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM, Intracept, JOURNAVX, KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY, MILD DEVICE KIT, OPTABLATE, OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM, PROCLAIM, QULIPTA, ReActiv8, SYNCHROMEDII, Senza, TYRX, UBRELVY, VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM | 1 | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | Complete |
Questions to ask
Questions you could discuss with your doctor
- How do you evaluate evidence when you have a financial relationship with ABBVIE INC.?
- Are there reasonable alternatives I should understand when we discuss treatment options?
- How should I interpret the industry-payment records shown here in the context of my care?
These are general questions generated from reviewed templates. They are not personalized medical advice.
Sources and limitations
How to read this page
- Payment and Medicare prescribing data can cover different years; every comparison shows both years explicitly.
- Part D does not represent a doctor’s entire practice; it excludes many patients and is subject to CMS public-release thresholds.
- Company–drug relationships must have an auditable source, a precise relationship type, and a valid evidence period. Unresolved mappings are not published.
- Generic drug claims are not attributed to a specific manufacturer without manufacturer-level evidence.
- When a source extract is incomplete, missing rows are never treated as proof of no payments or no prescriptions.
Loaded source releases
| Dataset | Year | Publication | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Open Payments — General Payments | 2025 | 2026-06-30 | Original source |
| Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug | 2024 | 2026-05-06 | Original source |
| NPPES Data Dissemination V2 | current / reference data | 2026-08-10 | Original source |
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