Alec Koo, MD
Urology · Torrance, CANPI 1740236066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $105,175 of the $151,313 with a category attached, or 69.5%. 54 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $51,714 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $1,482 in 2025. Among urology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 539 payments — averaging $280.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$51K
- AbbVie$41K
- Johnson & Johnson$25K
- Myovant Sciences Inc.$15K
- Bayer$9K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- plus $8K from 48 others
Across 40 payments — averaging $181,998 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.
- Merck$7.2M
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$35K
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$15K
- Abbott$6K
- Urovant Sciences Inc$5K
- Ferring International Pharmascience Center US$2K
- plus $1K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,13116%
- Speaking & faculty fees$105,17570%
- Travel & lodging$9,9957%
- Food & beverage$11,8738%
- Education$1390%
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.
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.
How this compares
$151,313 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZytigaAbiraterone Acetate | 13 | $142,477 |
| OrgovyxRelugolix | 41 | $106,783 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 53 | $52,098 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 20 | $25,115 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 395 | $6,221 |
| Dutasteride | 134 | $5,848 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 212 | $5,772 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 129 | $4,928 |
| Tadalafil | 14 | $3,740 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 225 | $3,413 |
| Estradiol | 33 | $2,078 |
| Silodosin | 18 | $1,656 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 53 | $1,546 |
| Finasteride | 127 | $1,490 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 105 | $1,252 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonZytiga | $24,946 | $142,47713 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx, Gemtesa | $405 | $131,89861 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $902 | $52,09853 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
Other urology in Torrance
- Kambiz DardashtiTorrance$100K
- Stephen FreedlandWest Hollywood$1.9M
- Arie BelldegrunLos Angeles$1.8M
- Mihir DesaiLos Angeles$1.5M
- Steven WilsonIndio$1.1M
- Stuart HoldenLos Angeles$1.1M
- Elward CrawfordSan Diego$849K
- Edward UchioOrange$849K
- Victor ChingUpland$809K
- Jaime LandmanOrange$657K
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.