Daniel Lu, MD
Neurological Surgery · Santa Monica, CANPI 1457585903
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 305 payments — averaging $840.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$189K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$47K
- Globus Medical$12K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$219,57590%
- Consulting fees$5,4502%
- Travel & lodging$5,3702%
- Food & beverage$13,0745%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 13 | $188,951 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 15 | $46,587 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 101 | $12,104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 87 | $3,380 |
| Boston Scientific | 31 | $1,706 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 19 | $1,044 |
| Biogen | 2 | $712 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 5 | $453 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 8 | $421 |
| Abbott | 11 | $364 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $176 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $176 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $101 |
| EBI, LLC | 2 | $76 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- NorthStar$138,668
- Physio-Stim$78,622
- Sable$2,844
- NorthStar OCT$2,284
- Modulus$1,350
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$1,230
- Mariner$885
- Shoreline ACS$885
- NanoMetalene Technology$885
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$751
- XLIF$511
- Mobi-C$433
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$420
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$401
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$353
- RELINE$308
- Vital$300
- Meridian$250
- OsteoStrand$250
- VIPER$232
How this compares
$256,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 773 neurological surgery 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.
Other neurological surgery in Santa Monica
- Daniel KellySanta Monica$477K
- Geoffrey ManleySan Francisco$24.9M
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Jamshid SalehRedding$4.1M
- Bruce McCormackSan Francisco$3.9M
- Andrew SchreiberSanta Ana$3.9M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$3M
- Jennie TaylorSan Francisco$2.7M
- Joseph CiacciSan Diego$2.6M
- Nicholas ButowskiSan Francisco$2.4M
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.