Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

JOSHUA BIGHAM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pain Medicine Interventional Pain Medicine

NPI
1811121437
CMS profile
218360
Location
SPARTANBURG, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,935.42

  • Reported across 102 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,823.87

57 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $2,367.44 52
Travel and Lodging $1,456.43 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $1,711.47 11
Abbott Laboratories $1,119.46 18
Medtronic, Inc. $643.66 16
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $202.63 5
Curonix LLC $55.14 2
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $42.43 2
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $18.03 1
Vertos Medical, Inc. $16.41 1
PAINTEQ LLC $14.64 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $94.59 7
PY2019 $35.12 2
PY2020 $53.76 2
PY2022 $187.48 2
PY2023 $5,740.60 32
PY2024 $3,823.87 57

Payment records · PY2024 (57)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $294.19 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125435263 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125435267 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $42.90 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283242 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $89.40 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283228 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $31.79 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283230 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $111.25 03/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125435265 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $37.10 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283226 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $139.98 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283232 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $193.61 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283234 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $27.71 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283236 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $11.89 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283238 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6.33 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283240 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.08 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283244 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $8.97 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283246 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $15.15 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283248 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $65.82 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283250 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $11.67 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283252 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6.60 12/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125283254 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.01 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384032 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.36 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384044 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.16 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384036 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $130.73 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384042 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $124.99 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384046 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $211.51 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384050 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $830.46 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384052 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $60.12 11/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384038 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $188.82 11/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384048 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $95.44 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384040 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.87 12/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092384034 CMS
Curonix LLC $23.23 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132905436 CMS
Curonix LLC $31.91 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132905438 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.58 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495622 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $80.73 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495624 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.00 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495626 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $168.87 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495628 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $125.84 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495630 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.87 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495632 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $9.80 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495638 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $32.44 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495634 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.08 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495636 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $83.88 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495646 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.88 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495648 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.34 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495650 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.22 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495642 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $1.99 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495640 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.90 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495644 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.24 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119495652 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $14.64 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141992237 CMS
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $19.31 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144039816 CMS
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $23.12 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144039818 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $144.08 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104934733 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $25.37 08/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104938079 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $18.00 08/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104938054 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $3.57 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104943688 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $11.61 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104951003 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $18.03 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105919094 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $16.41 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133351792 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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