Frank Hsu, MD
Neurological Surgery · Orange, CANPI 1548298417
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $12,910 of the $21,253 with a category attached, or 60.7%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Brainlab, Inc. at 57.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,803 and has fallen 62.5% since, to $3,299 in 2025.
Across 40 payments — averaging $531.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Brainlab, Inc.$12K
- Koh Young America, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Stryker$1K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$1K
- Globus Medical$397
- plus $645 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $37,240 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Koh Young America, Inc.$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,97819%
- Travel & lodging$12,91061%
- Food & beverage$1,3656%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brainlab, Inc. | 14 | $12,247 |
| Koh Young America, Inc. | 2 | $3,250 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $2,523 |
| Stryker | 4 | $1,130 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 7 | $1,060 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $397 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 2 | $312 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $175 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| NSK America Corporation | 2 | $49 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Image Guided Surgical Device$4,616
- Geniant Cranial$3,250
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$2,000
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$738
- ACTIVA$523
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$312
- UNIVERSAL NEURO$298
- Pulse$181
- Zap-X$175
- ALIF$127
- CODMAN CERTAS$102
- CUSA CLARITY$102
- DURAGEN$102
- DURASEAL EXACT$102
- CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE$102
How this compares
$21,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 Orange
- 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
- Aaron Cohen-GadolLos Angeles$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.