Alexander Christ, MD
Surgical Oncology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1427316702
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $160,628 of the $238,937 with a category attached, or 67.2%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Smith+Nephew at 27.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $102,186, more than ten times the $690 reported in 2019. Among surgical oncology 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 403 payments — averaging $592.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Smith+Nephew$66K
- Stryker$60K
- Globus Medical$41K
- Zimmer Biomet$28K
- Onkos Surgical, Inc.$19K
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$14K
- plus $11K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$160,62867%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0001%
- Travel & lodging$40,54917%
- Food & beverage$13,7796%
- Education$20,9819%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Smith+Nephew | 87 | $66,302 |
| Stryker | 131 | $60,348 |
| Globus Medical | 32 | $40,524 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 70 | $27,564 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 26 | $19,089 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 12 | $14,138 |
| Encore Medical, LP | 6 | $4,632 |
| UOC USA Inc | 19 | $3,745 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 4 | $529 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $525 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 3 | $503 |
| Intellijoint Surgical Inc. | 3 | $206 |
| Convatec Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Curvafix, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 1 | $151 |
| Lima USA, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 1 | $77 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Think Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
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.
- REDAPT$50,781
- Tandem$46,634
- MAKO$32,528
- Genflex2 Total Knee System$29,375
- POLARSTEM$28,938
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$26,051
- OR3O Dual Mobility$25,621
- ELEOS LIMB SALVAGE SYSTEM$18,367
- Anthology$17,950
- TRIATHLON$17,648
- Turalio$13,971
- R3 ACETABULAR$13,970
- POLARCUP$13,932
- Persona$11,766
- INSIGNIA$9,700
- Legion Revision$9,014
- G7$8,875
- Arcos$8,875
- Legion$8,368
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$7,147
How this compares
$238,937 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 209 surgical oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical oncology in Santa Monica
- Anton BilchikSanta Monica$14K
- Bradley BanderaSanta Monica$13K
- Alice ChungSanta Monica$6K
- Afshin BahadorSan Diego$701K
- Amir FathiFresno$255K
- Yanghee WooDuarte$131K
- Michael BouvetSan Diego$118K
- Yuman FongDuarte$87K
- Ronald HurstLos Angeles$76K
- Jason Sicklickla Jolla$69K
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.