Albert Kim, MD
Neurological Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1235203670
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $22,050 of the $28,330 with a category attached, or 77.8%. Monteris Medical Corporation accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 73 payments — averaging $388.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$25K
- Stryker$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$606
- Novartis$218
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.$187
- Globus Medical$185
- plus $901 from 7 others
Across 42 payments — averaging $6126.83 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$222K
- Collagen Matrix, Inc$18K
- Stryker$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,05078%
- Travel & lodging$1,9837%
- Food & beverage$4,29715%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 37 | $24,836 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,397 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $606 |
| Novartis | 2 | $218 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $187 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $185 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $176 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $141 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $131 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $121 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $115 |
| Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
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.
- Neuroblate$24,342
- NA$652
- CODMAN CERTAS$462
- CUSA CLARITY$462
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$462
- CORE$346
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 3$322
- CODMAN HAKIM$316
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$255
- COSENTYX$185
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY ET DURAL SEALANT$170
- N/A$169
- DURAMATRIX$153
- DURAGEN DURAL GRAFT MATRIX$146
- HAKIM$146
- KEVZARA$141
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$125
- SYMPHONY$121
- HTR-PEKK$119
How this compares
$28,330 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levetiracetam | 28 | $1,094 |
| Mupirocin | 26 | $155 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Saint Louis
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
- Joshua OsbunSaint Louis$98K
- Adewale BakareSaint Louis$81K
- Eric LeuthardtSaint Louis$78K
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.