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Alec Koo, MD

Urology · Torrance, CANPI 1740236066

Payments from drug & device makers

$7,431,233in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 586 payments — averaging $12,681 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Merck$7.3M
  • AbbVie$41K
  • Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$35K
  • Johnson & Johnson$25K
  • Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$16K
  • Myovant Sciences Inc.$15K
  • plus $32K from 51 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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Merck78$7,267,043
AbbVie(2 entities)92$41,070
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC1$35,075
Johnson & Johnson(3 entities)64$24,946
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC38$15,732
Myovant Sciences Inc.20$15,480
Bayer39$8,949
Abbott1$6,000
Urovant Sciences Inc3$5,406
AstraZeneca6$1,845
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.18$1,785
SN Holdings, LLC9$1,573
Ferring International Pharmascience Center US1$1,546
Astellas Pharma US Inc39$902
Pfizer34$592
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.14$344
Blue Earth Diagnostics10$288
Tolmar, Inc.10$224
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$215
Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc.9$197
Urogen Pharma, Inc.7$194
Novartis7$178
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.8$143
Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$130
Urogpo LLC3$120
Teleflex LLC5$99
Immunitybio, Inc.4$89
Telix Pharmaceuticals3$82
GE HealthCare1$81
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$80
Procept Biorobotics Corporation2$78
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.5$69
Antares Pharma, Inc.4$62
Foundation Medicine, Inc.3$61
Laborie Medical Technologies Corp.1$48
Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation2$46
Boston Scientific2$41
Sagent Pharmaceuticals2$37
Coloplast2$34
Biotissue Holdings Inc.1$32
180 Medical, Inc.1$29
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.1$23
Profound Medical Corp.1$23
Accord Healthcare, Inc.1$22
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Calyxo, Inc.1$21
Amgen1$20
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.1$19
Endo USA, Inc.1$19
Cook Medical LLC1$18
Avadel Specialty Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$17
C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries1$17
Smith+Nephew1$15
SRS Medical Systems, Inc.1$14
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc1$14
Metuchen Pharmaceuticals1$14
Halozyme Inc1$14

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

$7,431,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$669,986
Medicare patients
621
Services billed
13,343

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
ZytigaAbiraterone Acetate13$142,477
OrgovyxRelugolix41$106,783
MyrbetriqMirabegron53$52,098
GemtesaVibegron20$25,115
Tamsulosin Hcl395$6,221
Dutasteride134$5,848
Doxycycline Monohydrate212$5,772
Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst129$4,928
Tadalafil14$3,740
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav225$3,413
Estradiol33$2,078
Silodosin18$1,656
Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl53$1,546
Finasteride127$1,490
Ciprofloxacin Hcl105$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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonZytiga$24,946$142,47713 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Orgovyx, Gemtesa$1,785$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.

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