Daniel Yanni, MD
Neurological Surgery · Newport Beach, CANPI 1811145881
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $161,125 of the $177,220 with a category attached, or 90.9%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Surgical Theater. Inc. at 56.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $92,472 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $120 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CA 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 179 payments — averaging $990.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgical Theater. Inc.$101K
- Zimmer Biomet$69K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$949
- Medtronic$457
- Zimvie Inc.$409
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$161,12591%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2400%
- Travel & lodging$6,5494%
- Food & beverage$9,3075%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 8 | $100,848 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 95 | $69,245 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 23 | $2,281 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $949 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $457 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $409 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $390 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 3 | $345 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $316 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 3 | $301 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 2 | $298 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 1 | $205 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $201 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $161 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $143 |
| Abbott | 3 | $140 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $120 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $97 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $94 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Convatec 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.
- Timberline$17,505
- ProLift Expandable TLIF$15,474
- Cypher Mis Screw System$15,075
- TriCor$13,875
- Walter$13,875
- Vital$13,175
- PIB$11,824
- TrellOss$11,175
- Polaris Posterior Spinal System$9,150
- Maxan Cervical System$9,113
- Biomet SpinalPak$7,986
- Zyston Straight$6,150
- Timberline MPF$6,150
- Aspen$6,150
- Polaris S.S. Spinal System$6,150
- Zyston Curved$6,150
- Vital MIS$2,400
- Medical Device$1,862
- Zyston Interbody$1,200
- Viewline$1,200
How this compares
$177,220 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 Newport Beach
- Robert LouisNewport Beach$932K
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
- Ian JohnsonFresno$1.3M
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.