Kenneth Halter, PA
Physician Assistant · la Jolla, CANPI 1053745059
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 263 payments — averaging $55.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$2K
- Nevro Corp.$968
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$669
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$632
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,60711%
- Food & beverage$11,31178%
- Education$1,61311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 103 | $4,443 |
| Boston Scientific | 67 | $3,672 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 5 | $2,071 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $968 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 15 | $669 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 6 | $632 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 9 | $517 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $381 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 9 | $302 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $209 |
| Painteq LLC | 5 | $199 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $163 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Tenex Health Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 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.
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$1,978
- PROCLAIM$1,322
- Omnia$535
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$510
- Evoke SCS$441
- ETERNA$255
- mild Device Kit$248
- SUPERION$225
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$208
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$172
- SPRINT PNS System$146
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$139
- Vyrsa V1$126
- PAINTEQ$121
- Evoke$119
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$116
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$113
- Proclaim IPG$102
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$101
How this compares
$14,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TopamaxTopiramate | 12 | $21,686 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 35 | $3,427 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 124 | $2,571 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 137 | $2,377 |
| Lidocaine | 14 | $1,890 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 70 | $1,884 |
| Methadone Hcl | 30 | $1,186 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 69 | $1,175 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $892 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 38 | $329 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $267 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $154 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 14 | $103 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $73 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in la Jolla
- Gwen Janczykla Jolla$34K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
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.