Alex Pham, MD
Anesthesiology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1336600758
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $77.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$797
- Abbott$427
- Nevro Corp.$423
- Avanos Medical$160
- plus $767 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,87145%
- Food & beverage$3,50455%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | $1,970 |
| Medtronic | 24 | $1,831 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 14 | $797 |
| Abbott | 7 | $427 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $423 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $160 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $157 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $148 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $29 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- VenaSeal$923
- FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE$739
- VERCISE$684
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$529
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$315
- Senza$256
- PROCLAIM$229
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$157
- GENERATOR$156
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$150
- SPRINT PNS System$124
How this compares
$6,374 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,717 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 220 | $4,846 |
| Buprenorphine | 17 | $3,810 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 20 | $2,658 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 125 | $2,216 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 31 | $1,815 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 53 | $1,320 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 38 | $1,161 |
| Gabapentin | 84 | $1,059 |
| Pregabalin | 27 | $933 |
| Methocarbamol | 56 | $815 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 38 | $419 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 18 | $381 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 22 | $364 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 40 | $322 |
| Baclofen | 15 | $231 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Los Angeles
- Eilon GabelLos Angeles$1.2M
- Maxime CannessonLos Angeles$759K
- Moody MakarLos Angeles$252K
- Jonathan JahrLos Angeles$223K
- Anahat DhillonLos Angeles$184K
- Michael BottrosLos Angeles$182K
- David BoldtLos Angeles$153K
- Kamal MaheshwariSacramento$1.9M
- Gregory HammerStanford$1.8M
- Neal FlemingSacramento$1.7M
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.