Hector Ho, MD
Neurological Surgery · Fullerton, CANPI 1912969353
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,808 of the $7,312 with a category attached, or 65.8%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,591 and has fallen 73.1% since, to $696 in 2025.
Across 135 payments — averaging $54.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$701
- Johnson & Johnson$298
- Mizuho America, Inc.$216
- plus $764 from 13 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $5912.13 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.
- NX Development Corp.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5007%
- Travel & lodging$2,00327%
- Food & beverage$4,80866%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $2,278 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 55 | $1,676 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 23 | $1,378 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 4 | $701 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $298 |
| Mizuho America, Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 3 | $179 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $82 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 1 | $77 |
| Stryker | 2 | $63 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| BREG, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $28 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Titan Spine, LLC | 1 | $21 |
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.
- O-ARM-ST$761
- Excelsius Robotics System$701
- Neuroblate$608
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$462
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$179
- FiberCel$145
- SYMPHONY$124
- EXPEDIUM$124
- NA$124
- CD HORIZON$114
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$111
- CODMAN CERTAS$101
- CUSA CLARITY$101
- CODMAN HAKIM$101
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$7,312 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 Fullerton
- 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.