Christian Zimmerman, MD
Neurological Surgery · Boise, IDNPI 1407874068
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 26 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 36.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in ID, where the typical reported total is $1,838.
Across 26 payments — averaging $33.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$317
- Baxter Healthcare$224
- DJO, LLC$111
- VB Spine LLC$75
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$65
- KCI USA, Inc.$46
- plus $34 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$872100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 10 | $317 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $224 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $111 |
| VB Spine LLC | 2 | $75 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Spinefrontier, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
How this compares
$872 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 43 neurological surgery providers in Idaho.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Boise
- Donald BlaskiewiczBoise$2.1M
- Paul MontalbanoBoise$27K
- Evan JoyceBoise$25K
- Leonardo BrasilienseBoise$13K
- Graham HallBoise$8K
- Ondrej ChoutkaBoise$3K
- David BrayBoise$2K
- Kelly BridgesBoise$2K
- Nicholas GamboaBoise$2K
- Thomas ManningBoise$1K
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.