M Ramin Modabber, MD
Hand Surgery · Santa Monica, CANPI 1922198092
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.4%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,958 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $457 in 2025.
Across 62 payments — averaging $158.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$6K
- Acumed LLC$2K
- Stryker$974
- Johnson & Johnson$606
- Innovation Technologies Inc$87
- Smith+Nephew$53
- plus $97 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,57516%
- Travel & lodging$4,56146%
- Food & beverage$3,69638%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 15 | $5,750 |
| Acumed LLC | 27 | $2,265 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 4 | $974 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $606 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $87 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $53 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $41 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
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.
- ELSA$3,121
- ACUMED$2,465
- A/R Femoral Nail$1,575
- INnate Implant$913
- InFrame Implant$877
- Ascend Flex$717
- Clavical Fixation (16-186)$664
- OsteoMed$511
- NanoPhix Implant$511
- HEALIX$241
- Distal Radius Plate$170
- VARIAX$160
- PEAK$122
- ORTHOVISC$122
- TRUESPAN ORTHOCORD$120
- NA$120
- DYNATAPE$120
- DYNACORD$120
- TWISTR$120
- MONOVISC$119
How this compares
$9,832 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 249 hand 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 hand surgery in Santa Monica
- Steven ShinLos Angeles$2.8M
- Amy LaddStanford$1.4M
- Emilie CheungStanford$1.1M
- Andrew HartmanOceanside$957K
- Nancy LynchSan Mateo$862K
- Jeffrey YaoRedwood City$622K
- Prosper BenhaimLos Angeles$492K
- Wayne PanOakland$423K
- Nathan HoekzemaClovis$400K
- Robin KamalStanford$343K
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.