Alex Kasman
Urology · Santa Cruz, CANPI 1285088492
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 17 payments — averaging $136.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Valencia Technologies Corporation$647
- AstraZeneca$170
- Palette Life Sciences, Inc.$138
- Lumenis, Inc$37
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,27655%
- Food & beverage$1,01544%
- Education$352%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,333 |
| Valencia Technologies Corporation | 2 | $647 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $170 |
| Palette Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Lumenis, Inc | 1 | $37 |
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.
- AMS 700 CXR RTE KIT$688
- eCoin Device Kit$588
- AMS 700$147
- LithoVue$138
How this compares
$2,325 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 89 | $58,369 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 79 | $48,679 |
| Estradiol | 100 | $7,149 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 253 | $3,343 |
| Testosterone | 30 | $1,438 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 15 | $1,243 |
| Finasteride | 45 | $770 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 21 | $752 |
| Trospium Chloride | 16 | $389 |
| Cephalexin | 40 | $336 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 59 | $201 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 19 | $156 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 14 | $106 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other urology in Santa Cruz
- Edward UchioOrange$21.1M
- Stephen FreedlandWest Hollywood$16.7M
- Alec KooTorrance$7.4M
- Karim ChamieLos Angeles$4.3M
- Ralph ClaymanOrange$3.9M
- Siamak DaneshmandLos Angeles$3.5M
- Arnold ChinLos Angeles$3.5M
- Roger LiLoma Linda$2.3M
- John KowalczykLos Angeles$1.8M
- Arie BelldegrunLos Angeles$1.8M
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.