Daniel Kim, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1275542516
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $65,060 of the $82,658 with a category attached, or 78.7%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 78.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $18,435 and has fallen 52.1% since, to $8,834 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 173 payments — averaging $477.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$65K
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Stryker$4K
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- VB Spine LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$65,06079%
- Travel & lodging$2,5923%
- Food & beverage$6,8288%
- Education$7,0008%
- Ownership interest$1,1771%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 29 | $65,060 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $7,886 |
| Stryker | 61 | $3,846 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 19 | $1,474 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $1,236 |
| VB Spine LLC | 25 | $1,208 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $897 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $224 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $112 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $62 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EXPEDIUM$65,060
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,851
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,935
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,080
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$663
- Senza$648
- XIA 3$310
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$246
- DUPIXENT$225
- SYNCHROMEDII$197
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$174
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$166
- RESTORE$158
- Vyrsa V1$146
- VNS Therapy Symmetry Model 8103 Generator$146
- Mobi-C$129
- NA$126
How this compares
$82,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
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 | 303 | $4,768 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 175 | $893 |
| Gabapentin | 67 | $493 |
| Methylprednisolone | 51 | $360 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $342 |
| Meloxicam | 48 | $172 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 19 | $161 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $132 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
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.