Esther Kim, MD
Family Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1538265327
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 222 payments — averaging $84.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$15K
- Pfizer$616
- Novo Nordisk$512
- AstraZeneca$428
- Lilly USA, LLC$273
- GSK$206
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,05927%
- Gifts$13,63273%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 55 | $14,777 |
| Pfizer | 35 | $616 |
| Novo Nordisk | 27 | $512 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $428 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $273 |
| GSK | 5 | $206 |
| Amgen | 5 | $197 |
| Merck | 4 | $175 |
| RTI Surgical, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $137 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 9 | $121 |
| Alcon | 1 | $121 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $120 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $113 |
| Abbott | 5 | $105 |
| Bayer | 1 | $104 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $97 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Exact Sciences | 6 | $96 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $76 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- NATRELLE$13,616
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$150
- BILAYER WOUND MATRIX (BWM)$137
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$137
- AMNIOEXCEL$137
- IDRT$137
- FLOWABLE$137
- Repatha$130
- SHINGRIX$122
- Hydrus Microstent$121
- PNEUMOVAX 23$119
- VYNDAQEL$116
- Kerendia$104
How this compares
$18,691 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $26,871 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 21 | $22,706 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 21 | $19,754 |
| PaxlovidNirmatrelvir/Ritonavir | 22 | $8,452 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 264 | $2,608 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 92 | $1,738 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 87 | $1,521 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 18 | $1,234 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 125 | $1,057 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 67 | $1,045 |
| Losartan Potassium | 104 | $1,005 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 97 | $927 |
| Estradiol | 13 | $811 |
| Gabapentin | 45 | $802 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 95 | $741 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $273 | $26,87114 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $428 | $22,70621 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $512 | $19,75421 claims |
| PfizerPaxlovid | $616 | $8,45222 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $14,777 | $1,23418 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in San Diego
- Daniel JohnsonSan Diego$15.7M
- Stacey LayleSan Diego$14.8M
- Laurie Han-ConradSan Diego$2.9M
- Sheldon MorrisSan Diego$1.1M
- Mirwais SaifiSan Diego$1M
- Amina HaggagNorthridge$112.8M
- Steven ReynoldsLong Beach$53M
- Rizwana MohseniLake Forest$26.7M
- Apinya VutikullirdCypress$14.3M
- Hanid AudishSpring Valley$13.6M
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.