Garni Barkhoudarian, MD
Neurological Surgery · Santa Monica, CANPI 1578707642
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.4%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aesculap, Inc. at 32.8% of the total.
Across 84 payments — averaging $626.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap, Inc.$17K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$15K
- Vascular Technology, Inc.$11K
- Medexus Pharma, Inc.$5K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$567
- plus $3K from 22 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $3833.34 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.
- Corcept Therapeutics$12K
- Chiasma, Inc.$8K
- Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd$6K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$573
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,73558%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,25029%
- Travel & lodging$2,3234%
- Food & beverage$3,6437%
- Education$620%
- Entertainment$670%
- Other$5551%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculap, Inc. | 18 | $17,275 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 6 | $15,060 |
| Vascular Technology, Inc. | 3 | $10,750 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $4,782 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 3 | $1,244 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $567 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 7 | $555 |
| Stryker | 5 | $457 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 6 | $362 |
| Xoran Technologies LLC | 3 | $226 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 5 | $186 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 2 | $171 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $170 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $148 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $133 |
| Amgen | 1 | $122 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $122 |
| Chiasma, Inc. | 1 | $62 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $46 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $39 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $16 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $14 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, 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.
- PROGAV 2.0$16,874
- CONVIVO$14,876
- Gleolan$4,760
- MICRO KNIFE, POINTED, FOR 28164M,STERILE$1,000
- Neuro Plating System$297
- CODMAN CERTAS$251
- CUSA CLARITY$251
- UNIVERSAL NEURO 3$208
- Optune$170
- HOPKINS$151
- HTR-PEKK$148
- MiniCAT$143
- CODMAN HAKIM$136
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$136
- XEOMIN$133
- Korlym$122
- Neuroblate$119
- DURAGEN$114
- DURASEAL EXACT$114
- CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE$114
How this compares
$52,635 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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
- Amir VokshoorSanta Monica$292K
- Daniel LuSanta Monica$243K
- 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
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.